A New Tool In The Spam War

A New Tool In The Spam War
Ethan Preston, 2005-01-12

Arbitration is part of the next wave of security measures, and can be effective against spammers who illegally harvest email addresses from a honeypot on your website.

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Do I see a hole in this? 2005-01-14
Tom Haddon (1 replies)

Do I see a hole in this? 2005-01-19
Anonymous (1 replies)

Re: Do I see a hole in this? 2005-10-03
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A New Tool In The Spam War 2005-01-15
Anonymous

What stops spammers from rewriting their harvester to check for 'contract' or 'license' on the page, and just skip the honeypot email address?
It seems too easy to circumvent.. although it may catch a bunch who don't care enough or aren't hard core. 50/50

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so all an spammer needs to do... 2005-01-19
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Cross contamination = reasonable doubt 2005-01-24
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