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Spam autoresponder sign-ups?

by nzrod
10 replies
Hi
I keep getting sign-ups to my autoresponder that I just know are spam (based on the domains of the email addresses). This is despite having a double opt-in.

Do you get this? How do you deal with it?

Regards
Rod
#autoresponder #signups #spam
  • Profile picture of the author franktwin
    What type of captcha client are you using for your signups?
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    • Profile picture of the author nzrod
      I'm not using a captcha. I'm using what most people use - an optin form from AWeber or Getresponse (the latter in my case), with a double opt-in so they confirm in their email box.

      @Joseph, I answered that in my OP: 'based on the domains of the email addresses'. I will get 20 signups from a parked domain with names that don't look like they are written by humans.
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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    1. Get rid of double optin and only use single.

    2. Make it clear on your squeeze page that the freebie will be sent to their email.

    3. Make the freebie something good enough that people are willing to put in their real email address.
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    • Profile picture of the author nzrod
      I use a required confirmed opt-in (ie double opt-in). Machines can do that though - login to email and automatically confirm (witness what Article Marketing Robot and some other link building tools do for example).

      Thanks Jason and John. It seems the answer is to a) accept it happens b) delete email address (and/or blacklist domain) c) move on.
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  • Profile picture of the author jon99c
    Why don't you set up the confirmed opt in? Thats why you need to give them something free so that they will confirm their email.
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      There are spambots that roam the net looking for forms to fill in - blog comments, contact and support forms, link and content submissions, it doesn't matter. They scan the source code for the <form> tag, and if they find a field name they recognize, they attempt to fill it in and submit it.

      Sometimes they're looking for backlinks, some spread viruses and other malware, all are a pain in the tuchis.

      Just delete them and move on.

      As for how one might recognize them, often the email address looks a lot like the spammy user names we see here from time to time - it looks like someone dropped a sandwich on the keyboard.
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  • Profile picture of the author JasonBennet
    Yeah I agree with John and it will be wise to always check the email address that the subscriber use to subscribe to the list. Normally spam email address can be recognized when it has a weird and funny email address. This is what I will personally do on a daily basis.
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    • Profile picture of the author EliteAffiliate
      I agree with the required confirmed optin before they could download the offer. That way while you'll still get fake emails from bots and people not giving their actual email address, those fake emails won't make it to your subscriber list and will be scrubbed out automatically. Problem solved.
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