$email = str_replace(array('@', '.'), array(' AT ', ' DOT ', $email);
This will defeat 99.9999% of spambots, and still be quite usable for
any legitimate purpose.
On Sat, January 19, 2008 12:36 pm, David Powers wrote:
> Daniel Brown wrote:
>> On Jan 19, 2008 12:30 PM, David Powers wrote:
>
>>> Yes, and it's obvious how that happens. It's because people,
>>> including
>>> yourself, don't have the courtesy to set up your email or newreader
>>> program to remove the sender's address from replies.
>>
>> By removing the email address, it completely defeats the purpose
>> of post tracking. That bit may have escaped you from the layout of
>> the report.
>
> I wasn't referring to that, but to the thoughtless way that you and
> others automatically include the sender's email address in plain text
> every time you respond to a post. Surely it's not too much to ask that
> you set your mail program or newsreader so that it doesn't display the
> address?
>
>> Considering this is the second time it's been (properly) sent
>> out,
>> I highly doubt, David, that I've contributed to your inbox being
>> bombarded with SPAM. Get to the point.... do you want your address
>> omitted?
>
> Point 1: Yes, I do want my address removed.
>
> Point 2: My address has been exposed by the thoughtless acts of others
> not setting their mail program/newsreader options correctly. Apart
> from
> the ex-BBC forum (where I have since changed the settings and edited
> the
> relevant post), all Google references to my email address came from
> the
> archives of this list. That's where the spam has probably started. By
> publishing a weekly list of email addresses, you're just making life
> easier for the spam merchants.
>
>>> If you intend to store the email addresses of people using this
>>> mailing
>>> list, there should be a clear statement of privacy policy on the
>>> PHP
>>> site. If there is one, I couldn't find it.
>>
>> That's because it has nothing to do with the PHP site or
>> project.
>> It's a private project intended to be of interest to those who post
>> here. And you're here as well.
>
> Whoah, hang on a moment. It has everything to do with the PHP site and
> project. It's hosted on the php.net news server. When I subscribed to
> the PHP general mailing list I did not give permission for this. This
> is
> an international list, and what you're doing breaks EU privacy laws,
> and
> possibly those in other countries too. Please remove my name and
> details
> from your system.
>
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Know what I want?
I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist.
http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch
Yeah, I get a buck. So?
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