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Spam Filter Expert >> Spam Blocking Techniques >> Techniques to Discourage Spam
Techniques to Discourage Spam
So long as spamming is profitable spammers will continue to develop new ways to spam. Over the medium to long term we believe the best solution to spam is to reduce the return on investment to the point where spamming is no longer profitable.
Email spam:
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Explanation
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Keep your email address private.
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If spammers do not know your email address they can not spam you.
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Hide email addresses on websites / use a contact form instead
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If spammers do not know your email address they can not spam you.
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Use a throwaway email address when posting to newsgroups
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If spammers do not know your real email address they can not spam you.
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Website spam:
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Explanation
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Use rel = "nofollow"
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Spammers are normally looking to improve their ranking in the search engines, adding rel = "nofollow" to links means search engines will ignore them.
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Pass user added links through a redirection script
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Spammers are normally looking to improve their ranking in the search engines, using a redirection script on links means search engines will discount them.
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