Freelancers Forum Messages on Tuesday November 22nd 2005
Re: FN-FORUM: Spam Email - Major problem I need help with!
date posted 22nd November 2005 23:04
> Best of all is to avoid making your email address public at all.
I like mine being public, helps people to contact me :) ->
[EMAIL REMOVED] ;)
My server has MailScanner and SpamAssassin on it, s...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email Marketing System
date posted 22nd November 2005 21:10
Steph O'Brien wrote:
>
>
>>>>*sniff* *sniff*, smells like spam.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>
>There are plenty of other sites out there besides ecommerce sites, that
>would benefit from an opt in newsl...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email Marketing System
date posted 22nd November 2005 19:48
> >>*sniff* *sniff*, smells like spam.
> >>
There are plenty of other sites out there besides ecommerce sites, that
would benefit from an opt in newsletter. For example I want to send out
emails to...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email Marketing System
date posted 22nd November 2005 18:40
On 22 Nov 2005, at 17:34, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Any of you techies out there got an email marketing system?
>
> I am looking for a system we can deliver to clients, would need to use
> a template...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email Marketing System
date posted 22nd November 2005 18:09
Dom Latter wrote:
>On Tuesday 22 Nov 2005 5:43 pm, GR33DY wrote:
>
>
>>*sniff* *sniff*, smells like spam.
>>
>>
>
>On one e-commerce site I maintain the vast majority (>95%) do not choose
>to o...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email Marketing System
date posted 22nd November 2005 18:01
On Tuesday 22 Nov 2005 5:43 pm, GR33DY wrote:
>
> *sniff* *sniff*, smells like spam.
On one e-commerce site I maintain the vast majority (>95%) do not choose
to opt-out of email newsletters when they...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email Marketing System
date posted 22nd November 2005 17:26
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>Any of you techies out there got an email marketing system?
>
>I am looking for a system we can deliver to clients, would need to use a template
>driven system. They want ful...
FN-FORUM: Email Marketing System
date posted 22nd November 2005 17:17
Any of you techies out there got an email marketing system?
I am looking for a system we can deliver to clients, would need to use a template
driven system. They want full tracking, bounce back, ope...
Re: FN-FORUM: Spam Email - Major problem I need help with!
date posted 22nd November 2005 17:04
Anthony Cartmell wrote:
>
>> I can't help on the script, but I do know that putting any email
>> address in clear on the web can be a target for spamming.... (at
>> least I think so!!)
>
>
> No...
Re: FN-FORUM: Spam Email - Major problem I need help with!
date posted 22nd November 2005 17:00
> if($_SESSION['Code_Text']!=$_POST['CodeCode']){
> $ERRMsg .= "Image validation did not match";
> }
You need something like
if (isset($_SESSION['Code_Text']) and
$_SESSION['Code_Text']!=$_PO...
Re: FN-FORUM: Spam Email - Major problem I need help with!
date posted 22nd November 2005 16:56
> $sender_host = addslashes(gethostbyaddr($sender_ip));
>
> Addslashes not needed for mail, but I store it in the database, so that's
> why I've got it.
FWIW, a database-specific function would be...
Re: FN-FORUM: Spam Email - Major problem I need help with!
date posted 22nd November 2005 16:53
> I can't help on the script, but I do know that putting any email address
> in clear on the web can be a target for spamming.... (at least I think
> so!!)
Not in my experience. My private e-mail...
Re: FN-FORUM: ECommerce Project - Initial Proposal
date posted 22nd November 2005 14:59
Read down for some hopefully helpful pointers.
Will Lingard wrote:
> Requirement
> - ECommerce store to sell the products online
> - Require interactive, fun experience - not just a boring ecommerce...
Re: FN-FORUM: definition
date posted 22nd November 2005 13:50
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>Hello
>
>It's all so slow, I thought of trying to speed things up by using another
>dns server. Guess not now though, to much of a gray area...
>
>DG)
>
As far as I know (usu...
FN-FORUM: Testing Server Crashed
date posted 22nd November 2005 13:41
Hello,
Just moved my router from powered USB, to Ethernet board. Now all of my
testing server has crashed, this consists of:
Apache2
php4
Perl5 and
MySQL 4.1 beta.
I think the MySQL server gives a...
RE: FN-FORUM: Spam Email - Major problem I need help with!
date posted 22nd November 2005 13:40
> if($_SESSION['Code_Text']!=3D$_POST['CodeCode']){
> $ERRMsg .=3D "Image validation did not match";
> }
Graeme had the essence of _A_ problem with it, which is that you are not
checking that $_SESS...
Re: FN-FORUM: Spam Email - Major problem I need help with!
date posted 22nd November 2005 13:33
On Tuesday 22 Nov 2005 1:28 pm, D D Glendinning wrote:
> If you look at the code, this is already done... it checks to see if
> the session ID "'Code_Text" exists, and is the same as the one entered...
Re: FN-FORUM: definition
date posted 22nd November 2005 13:32
Hello
It's all so slow, I thought of trying to speed things up by using another
dns server. Guess not now though, to much of a gray area...
DG)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mamading Ceesay" [...
Re: FN-FORUM: definition
date posted 22nd November 2005 13:30
HI Dom,
I was thinking of trying to use another dns server to try and speed things
up, but have decided it's to much of a grey area to even think about
continuing. So I give up and just accept what B...
RE: FN-FORUM: Spam Email - Major problem I need help with!
date posted 22nd November 2005 13:20
Apologies - perhaps I didn't read that as carefully as I could have done.
Surely, if that session variable has been carried across from the referring
page, then that page must have been:
a) a page o...
Re: FN-FORUM: definition
date posted 22nd November 2005 13:17
On 22 Nov 2005 12:17:36 -0000, [EMAIL REMOVED] >
>
> I've paid a visit to my BT Voyager 205 ADSL Router configuration site. I
> find no dns servers listed, and have found a list of dns addresses for U...
Re: FN-FORUM: definition
date posted 22nd November 2005 13:13
Hello,
And thank you for that, Have to say still not totally certain if what I
wanted to do was legal or not. But in view of what I've just read will leave
it alone....
DG)
----- Original Message --...
Re: FN-FORUM: Spam Email - Major problem I need help with!
date posted 22nd November 2005 13:10
Ben,
If you look at the code, this is already done... it checks to see if
the session ID "'Code_Text" exists, and is the same as the one entered
in the field for image verification, before posting....
Re: FN-FORUM: definition
date posted 22nd November 2005 13:08
On Tuesday 22 Nov 2005 12:17 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I'm confused [I know not difficult] regarding the definition of the wor=
d
> "Hacker".
>
> I've paid a visit to my BT Voyager 205 ADSL Router...
RE: FN-FORUM: Spam Email - Major problem I need help with!
date posted 22nd November 2005 13:02
Use sessions. Assign a session variable of something like
$_SESSION['source'] = "form" on the contact page (contact.php) and then
check that session variable is available and has the value "form" befo...
Re: FN-FORUM: Spam Email - Major problem I need help with!
date posted 22nd November 2005 12:49
Erm, not sure what you mean...Are you saying that this is how the
spambots do it? If so, how do I make sure that only formdata refered
to from the php page containing the form data (contact.php) is
su...
FN-FORUM: Any Drupal gurus here?
date posted 22nd November 2005 12:47
All,
I'm looking for a developer with experience of using Drupal
(www.drupal.org) to assist with the delivery of a community portal in
December.
Can anyone on the list help out?
ColinR
--...
Re: FN-FORUM: Spam Email - Major problem I need help with!
date posted 22nd November 2005 12:45
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, D D Glendinning wrote:
> if($_SESSION['Code_Text']!=3D$_POST['CodeCode']){
> =09$ERRMsg .=3D "Image validation did not match";
> }
The PHPers can provide a better answer to this...
Re: FN-FORUM: Spam Email - Major problem I need help with!
date posted 22nd November 2005 12:38
Duncan
I can't help on the script, but I do know that putting any email
address in clear on the web can be a target for spamming.... (at
least I think so!!)
ie. you putting that email address th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Spam Email - Major problem I need help with!
date posted 22nd November 2005 12:33
Guys,
To be honest, I am fairly new to all of this...
All my php code does, is checks the cookie to make sure it matches
that of the images verification, and then formats the email and then
sends it...
RE: FN-FORUM: Spam Email - Major problem I need help with!
date posted 22nd November 2005 12:30
I get the same - mainly chinese origin - as I don=92t want any clients =
from
China I scan the comments box looking for any chinese chars, if found I
re-direct to http://www.spamcop.net/
Mike
=20
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Spam Email - Major problem I need help with!
date posted 22nd November 2005 12:27
D D Glendinning wrote:
>Hi there!
>
>Basically I have been battling with a website I did some alterations
>to a while ago, and the admin person keeps receiving spam/bogus email
>posts from the contac...
Re: FN-FORUM: Spam Email - Major problem I need help with!
date posted 22nd November 2005 12:21
I can't really make a judgement here on account of not being able to see
the php code, so instead I'll ask more questions:
Are you making sure the message send requests are coming from the right
pa...
FN-FORUM: Spam Email - Major problem I need help with!
date posted 22nd November 2005 12:09
Hi there!
Basically I have been battling with a website I did some alterations
to a while ago, and the admin person keeps receiving spam/bogus email
posts from the contact enquiry form.
As a result,...
Re: FN-FORUM: definition
date posted 22nd November 2005 12:08
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I'm confused [I know not difficult] regarding the definition of the word
>"Hacker".
>
>I've paid a visit to my BT Voyager 205 ADSL Router configuration site. I
>find...
FN-FORUM: definition
date posted 22nd November 2005 12:00
Hello,
I'm confused [I know not difficult] regarding the definition of the word
"Hacker".
I've paid a visit to my BT Voyager 205 ADSL Router configuration site. I
find no dns servers listed, and hav...
FN-FORUM: click tags in flash
date posted 22nd November 2005 11:05
I haven't been on freelancers forum for a while now, but I am quite
stuck regarding a banner flash ad. Have any of you had clickTag
experience?
I am slightly confused about the click tag and u...
Re: FN-FORUM: A wee weekend of Linux upgrade woe .....
date posted 22nd November 2005 10:37
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, James Fidell wrote:
>
> Quoting Dom Latter [EMAIL REMOVED]
>>
>> On this Mandrake box here I'd be fiddling with /etc/init.d/network;
>> a bit of Googling suggests that FC4 has th...
RE: FN-FORUM: ECommerce Project - Initial Proposal
date posted 22nd November 2005 07:53
> - SEO and placement - Need guaranteed results, top 5 and better across
multiple categories.
Lol... If they are in any sort of competition area, which with 10,000
products they prob are then they be...
Re: FN-FORUM: ECommerce Project - Initial Proposal
date posted 22nd November 2005 00:05
Will Lingard wrote:
> multi language support and more). At this stage I am just putting together
> an initial presentation and proposal. This is potentially a large project
> and I was hoping to get s...