Kinda strange Wordpress plugin request: We're looking for a contact form with image submission that also employs a captcha or similar form of validation.
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posted by zenpop
on Mar 5, 2008 -
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My friend just - 30 minutes ago - entered a bunch of information in a PayPal phishing website. What should he do right now?
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posted by JulianDay
on Mar 3, 2008 -
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How can I stop cell phone spam?
I have a cell phone with Verizon Wireless. I have voice and text messaging, but not data. I've been receiving text spam messages recently. These text messages appear to come from an e-mail address. My cell phone is on the national do not call registry.
posted by cleverevans
on Feb 6, 2008 -
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I have been the victim of a
joe job. This means that spammers are putting my domains into the "reply to" of their spam messages, resulting in a barrage of auto-replies to my inbox.
I am also being stalked by my ex-girlfriend. She has already vandalized my window, my car, and myspace page. She's pretty computer savvy, but I'm not aware of a method that would allow an individual (ie. not a professional spammer) to pass a domain onto a spammer. Is it possible that she is behind this?
posted by TigerCrane
on Feb 1, 2008 -
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Can I do anything about a spammer using my e-mail address to answer ads on Craigslist?
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posted by korres
on Jan 24, 2008 -
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My hotmail acct has been hacked/cracked and is being used to spam people including a few MeFites. I'm pissed and concerned. Please hope me!
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posted by snsranch
on Dec 31, 2007 -
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I found an rtf file in my documents folder in vista that contained instruction on how to get a free ipod by refering friends to a site. I have not downloaded this. Is my computer compromised? Should I do anything? Did it matter that i opened it in word?
posted by ilike
on Dec 26, 2007 -
5 answers
Romanian spam? Anyone here able to read what I think is Romanian?
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posted by ohio
on Dec 8, 2007 -
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What do I do if a web site I maintain has been hacked? I've inherited maintenance of a web site, but I am mostly a front-end person, design and front end coding, so I am completely out of my depth here. Someone is using a user's identity to post hundreds of spam posts on the message board... really disgusting ones. The user has changed her password multiple times so I'm guessing they have another in. When I look at the database since they are both posting often (the real user and the spammers) I can't tell what IP address the spammers are posting from to block it. After that I'm lost... any suggestions?
posted by semidivine
on Oct 27, 2007 -
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I have an idea for yet another hairbrained social networking website (which paradoxically might hit it big :-) ). I've coded most of it up on a linux server using apache, php, mysql at softlayer.com. The hostname is registered at godaddy (which I can change if desirable). What's the minimum I need to do the following (I'd rather work on the website application logic and learn as little as possible about mail server administration for now):
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posted by realpseudonym
on Oct 23, 2007 -
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Someone posted a spam comment on my blog that came from IP address "192.168.0.165". Since that IP address is reserved for private networks, how on earth did they do that? Is this "IP spoofing"? If so, how does it work?
posted by simonw
on Oct 19, 2007 -
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Since I posted my resume online, I keep receiving employment offers that don't seem to have anything to do with my field. However, since I'm not finding anything in my field, I'm tempted to take something else. How do I know if these offers are legit?
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posted by desjardins
on Oct 9, 2007 -
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Every time I send an email from my cox.net account to my mom's MSN mail account, I get an autoreply from MSN saying there are complaints about my IP address sending junk mail. Huh?
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posted by uaudio
on Oct 2, 2007 -
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Can I sue the American Family Association for UCE, spam and/or breach of contract for not removing me from their mailing database?
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posted by loquacious
on Oct 1, 2007 -
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I work at a small company with an Exchange server. We need OK spam protection. In an effort to move them to a more FOSS workcycle, I'm advocating SpamAssassin. Basically, I need it to work in our Windows Environment.
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posted by TrueVox
on Sep 20, 2007 -
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PHPFilter: I'm about to write part of a web application that allows visitors to submit ratings and comments for events. How can I keep spam to a minimum?
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posted by tmcw
on Sep 10, 2007 -
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Help! Local Coffee House's online community forum has been taken over by spammers & pervs! Can you provide easy to follow, clear instructions on how to take down unwanted posts?
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posted by thekorruptor
on Aug 30, 2007 -
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Can anyone recommend an email whitelist system that works with my existing hosting service? I want to defeat the spam.
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posted by rolypolyman
on Aug 28, 2007 -
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I have a gmail account. Love it. However, after successfully avoiding spam for months, I've been found. I'm getting 20 pieces of spam a day at least. It goes to the spam box, but even that annoys me.
Is there any way I can further block spam in gmail? I really don't want to get a new email address.
posted by miltoncat
on Aug 28, 2007 -
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For over a decade I have homed at a Mom&Pop ISP. They used to be good but now they are having frequent outages and seem to be soon to expire.
I guess I should move my email identitie(s) somewhere else but what is the best way?
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posted by MonkeySaltedNuts
on Aug 4, 2007 -
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Blog spam question-- why would blog spammers only be posting on a single (months old) entry on my blog?
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posted by miss tea
on Aug 3, 2007 -
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MySpace Filter: How to block out spam messages (once you've already blocked spam friend invites and comments).
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posted by sjuhawk31
on Jul 31, 2007 -
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More than half my outgoing emails wind up in spam folders. I realize that it's inevitable this will happen sometimes, but how can I minimize it?
I use gmail, and I do not, fwiw, use words like "mortgage", "refinance" or "penis" in my messages. I sometimes use a sig, but it's non-hypeish. I do often send links in the body of my emails.
One solution is to follow up re: unreplied-to emails, but 1. if someone did receive my mail but hasn't had time to reply, I look pushy and 2. chances are that my follow-up will be spam filtered, too.
posted by jimmyjimjim
on Jul 12, 2007 -
16 answers
A sick twist on scam e-mails. Is it worthwhile to do anything about this threatening, extorting e-mail? Has anyone else gotten anything like this?
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posted by The Deej
on Jun 28, 2007 -
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How was my Google cache hacked? I have a web page that is fine, but the Google cache of the same page is a "spam" page with keywords linking to other web sites, random text and images, but also some valid links on my web site. How did that happen?
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posted by ShooBoo
on May 23, 2007 -
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My virtual server has been hijacked - I'm getting around 1000 bounced message notifications an hour. My sys admins seem fairly useless and likely will not get back to me anytime soon... is there anything I can do to stop the spam going out over my network? It's the usual apache/linux setup. thanks.
posted by magwich
on May 21, 2007 -
9 answers
I believe the mail server associated with my domain name is acting as an open relay. Hosting company claims everything's good. How can I double-check?
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posted by doctorpiorno
on May 15, 2007 -
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I have a question about the interpretation of the CAN-SPAM laws. Specifically about the interpretation of:
"(ii) the electronic mail address of the recipient was obtained using an automated means that generates possible electronic mail addresses by combining names, letters, or numbers into numerous permutations."
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 29, 2007 -
12 answers
Two Part Question:
1) Do some educational institutions flag ALL .com e-mails as spam?
2) Is it unseemly for a for-profit company to use the non-restricted .org TLD for its e-mail addresses?
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posted by MaxVonCretin
on Apr 5, 2007 -
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My SO and I are receiving phishing emails on brand new email addresses. The addresses hadn't been given out to anyone when the first ones arrived. Are spammers just constructing likely email addresses and sending blindly? If not, how is this happening?
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posted by DarkForest
on Mar 21, 2007 -
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Due to a mail server that was not properly mailed down, about a year ago, some spam was sent through my mail servers. That's fixed but I still seem to be on the blacklist. What can I do?
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posted by RustyBrooks
on Mar 17, 2007 -
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Does anybody know what to do about guestbook spamming? I've started getting spam on my guestbook and I can't get rid of it. Thanks.
posted by spunk
on Mar 12, 2007 -
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How can I write a procmail rule that would drop messages with GIF or JPEG attachments under 100kB in size?
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posted by odinsdream
on Mar 10, 2007 -
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I need to become the worst short-term stock trader in the world (or best, depending on your perspective). Has anyone gotten any good spam stock tips recently? Seriously...Please help.
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posted by evadery
on Mar 8, 2007 -
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I accidentally violated the Facebook Terms of Service by sending too much mail. Am I now stuffed in regards to getting my account back?
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posted by rc55
on Feb 2, 2007 -
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Why am I getting e-mail that is addressed to my ex-brother-in-law? Is this genuine spam, or something sneakier?
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posted by IndigoRain
on Jan 10, 2007 -
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