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Friendly Reminder to all Warriors - re Internet Security

by Karen Blundell
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I would like to advise new warriors or anyone else who is unaware not to post a live link to your email address on any forum, here or elsewhere.

This is to prevent email harvesters and other nasty bots from using your email address to spam you or to spoof ...or otherwise do any damage to you.

stay safe

#friendly #internet #reminder #security #warriors
  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    Might I also point out that using (at) in the middle of your email address instead of the regular @ symbol does not achieve anything. Email harvesters know all the tricks in the book and they will still pick up your email address if it's in that format.

    Either do not post your email address online or, if you really have to, only do so using an image.
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  • Profile picture of the author The Star
    eventually you realize that your email is on the plow by a few irresponsible people. I too have experienced this. like Willr do, you can use [a]t as [@]. so this kind richray [at] gmail.com. and explained [at] is mean [@]. due to email hijackers use it to search for email.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    If you want people to contact you, simply offer them a contact form that they can type in on your site. This is better than leaving a raw email address on your site.
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    • Profile picture of the author Karen Blundell
      Originally Posted by Randall Magwood View Post

      If you want people to contact you, simply offer them a contact form that they can type in on your site. This is better than leaving a raw email address on your site.

      yup, this is the best bet, preferably one with captcha

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  • Profile picture of the author contentwriting360
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    Hello Karen and Randall,

    Thank you for the reminder.

    Email spamming is actually the main reason why we don't write the exact/clickable email address on our sales thread; not even on our website. We've been hearing some business partners who are receiving more spam emails that genuine inquiries regarding their businesses.

    Randall's suggestion is a good one, too. Thank to both of you.
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    • Profile picture of the author Karen Blundell
      glad to help. Honestly, you can't be too careful these days. What a shame that the minority always spoils it for the majority.

      But the good always prevails - and that's what keeps me going
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  • Profile picture of the author laracoates28
    yes, I simply use Contact form to let people communicate with me.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ken Leatherman
    Internet security should be a top priority, at all times, for each one of us.

    If you must use your e-Mail address you can also use the WF PM to provide that to your clients, sellers you have bought from etc.

    If you don't have enough post to send PM, post in the thread asking the person you want to communicate with to send you a PM with their e-Mail address, so you in turn can provide your address to them. A little bit of a drawn out procedure, but it works like gangbusters for protecting your live e-Mail address.

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  • Profile picture of the author rcnsmith
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    I'd go a little step further, call me paranoid, but have numerous e-mail addresses. Business e-mail, personal e-mail, marketing e-mail.

    When you are marketing you will have some website that poorly filters your information so that , even though you took the necessary precautions, those bots got your e-mail address anyways.

    When that happens its best to not have a single e-mail address. If forummarket@yoursite got grabbed by the bot and is now filled with 10,000 spam e-mails, its much better than having everything affected.
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    • Profile picture of the author Karen Blundell
      Originally Posted by Ken Leatherman View Post

      Internet security should be a top priority, at all times, for each one of us.



      Ken

      The Old Geezer
      yes, absolutely. More so if you use open source software to power your websites!

      Originally Posted by rcnsmith View Post

      Segregation

      I'd go a little step further, call me paranoid, but have numerous e-mail addresses. Business e-mail, personal e-mail, marketing e-mail.

      When you are marketing you will have some website that poorly filters your information so that , even though you took the necessary precautions, those bots got your e-mail address anyways.

      When that happens its best to not have a single e-mail address. If forummarket@yoursite got grabbed by the bot and is now filled with 10,000 spam e-mails, its much better than having everything affected.

      I agree, I have a couple of Gmail accounts and several Yahoo accounts that I use to subscribe to some lists. I call these my "throw-away email accounts"

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  • Profile picture of the author Anoopchawla
    Great stuff, I knew it already but most of the times I do get caught up in daily task and forget to make myself safe.

    Glad you reminded.
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  • Profile picture of the author williamk
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    I never leave my orginal address anywhere. You wont beleive it but I hardly get 1 spam mail a day. Sometime none at all. But on my secondary email, well I never look, its over 30k I think.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joe R Piercey
      Oh... that might explain some of the spam ive been getting. Thanks for the tip
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  • Profile picture of the author Edman15
    My way is security first. I never share my primary email address in any forums or any open places.
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