Moderator Wizcrafts Posted September 30, 2013 Moderator Report Posted September 30, 2013 Steve, Steve: Do you know what have you done? Edit your last post while there is still time. Quote Posted IMHO, by Wiz My current crop of sewing machines: Cowboy CB4500, Singer 107w3, Singer 139w109, Singer 168G101, Singer 29k71, Singer 31-15, Singer 111w103, Singer 211G156, Adler 30-7 on power stand, Techsew 2700, Fortuna power skiver and a Pfaff 4 thread 2 needle serger.
Members Singermania Posted September 30, 2013 Members Report Posted September 30, 2013 er... is it the email address?? My address is freely available on my website, and ebay etc.. I get so much junk mail and scammers now... more couldn't make much difference. Can't see how to edit it anyway. Regards Steve Quote
Moderator Wizcrafts Posted September 30, 2013 Moderator Report Posted September 30, 2013 er... is it the email address?? My address is freely available on my website, and ebay etc.. I get so much junk mail and scammers now... more couldn't make much difference. Can't see how to edit it anyway. Regards Steve Yep. That was it. If you ever decide to change the email address used on your website and here, contact me for a better solution, which the email harvesters cannot usually detect. If at all possible, do not type out your email addresses in plain text, or as clickable "mailto" links. Obfuscate them so people can use them, but bots cannot. Quote Posted IMHO, by Wiz My current crop of sewing machines: Cowboy CB4500, Singer 107w3, Singer 139w109, Singer 168G101, Singer 29k71, Singer 31-15, Singer 111w103, Singer 211G156, Adler 30-7 on power stand, Techsew 2700, Fortuna power skiver and a Pfaff 4 thread 2 needle serger.
Members Singermania Posted September 30, 2013 Members Report Posted September 30, 2013 Thanks Wiz, I get a bit lazy sometimes, often I write it out long hand, but then sometimes people don't understand what it means. I s'pose I should be more vigiliant as I was a computer operator, analyst programmer, systems analyst and then over in England I had a computer company selling and repairing pcs, faxes, laser copiers etc.... I noticed over on another leather forum that the resident guys don't disguise their emails??? not sure why.... maybe they change them from time to time. Thanks again. Steve Quote
Moderator Wizcrafts Posted October 1, 2013 Moderator Report Posted October 1, 2013 I only use Javascript or images for email addresses I use on my websites. Better yet, I provide contact forms that send to a numeric recipient, rather than an email account. The Perl script converts the number into the desired actual email addy. If I have to reveal an account on a forum, I obfuscate it and let the readers recompile it into a usable address. Example: Ping me at joe-blow at example dot com when you get time. I do not use the old style where one inserts underscores before and after the @ symbol. Most harvester bots know how to remove those things. Not ending the sentence with the word com (or net, or org, etc) makes it harder for advanced scrapers to locate and actual obfuscated address. Better still, invite other members to contact you through the private message system of the forum. Be sure to active this feature in your account. Quote Posted IMHO, by Wiz My current crop of sewing machines: Cowboy CB4500, Singer 107w3, Singer 139w109, Singer 168G101, Singer 29k71, Singer 31-15, Singer 111w103, Singer 211G156, Adler 30-7 on power stand, Techsew 2700, Fortuna power skiver and a Pfaff 4 thread 2 needle serger.
Members Singermania Posted October 1, 2013 Members Report Posted October 1, 2013 Hi Wiz, will do it long hand next time. I already get a lot of junk mail, however it comes in via my old website and some surveys that my wife has filled in. When scammers write, I ask for their mother's address and they never write back. Regards Steve Quote
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