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Stopping SpamBots With Apache

Posted by timothy on from the do-not-pass-go-do-not-collect-200-email-addresses dept.

primetyme writes: "Sick of email harvesting spam robots cruising your Apache based site? Here's an in depth article that shows one way you can configure a base Apache installation to keep those nasty bots of your site - and the spam out of your Inbox." Anything that helps annoy spammers is a good thing.

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  1. A better way! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I'd say add at least the following email adresses to your webpage and strike back that way (somehow):

    president@whitehouse.gov, abuse@127.0.0.1, some MAP adress.

  2. Re:You can't win an arms race by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting
    A variation on that idea would be to add a link labeled something like: "If you are a spam bot click HERE". If someone follows the link they get a warning page which explains that anyone who clicks on the next link will get blocked as a spam program, then have a link which triggers the spambot-blocking script. Of course, use search-engine-detecting tech to hide that warning page from search engines to avoid detection of the page.

    (posting anonymously so as to not tell spambots what tech I'm using on my site)