[Xerte] Anti Spam

[Jeremy Hopkins]

If you add a robots.txt file to your lists sub domain here:

 

http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/robots.txt

 

and add the following to it:

 

User-agent: * Disallow: /

 

That will keep the search engines out, but that will mean the content is
not searchable via those engines.

 

As I said, I do not wish to moan... but as things are it's only a matter
of time before the Viagra salesmen start pushing their wares to all your
subscribers :-(.

 

Jeremy

 

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick
Lockley
Sent: 21 July 2009 16:55
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Anti Spam

 

Maybe it's the google search widget for the list?

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Jeremy
Hopkins
Sent: 21 July 2009 16:52
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: [Xerte] Anti Spam

 

Hello, 

 

I have started receiving spam since joining the Xerte mailing list, that
may be coincidence, or it is possible they got my address from another
source, but, regardless of that I I see my mail address is indexed in
google, the only precaution being  to replace @ with "at".

 

Personally I do not think that is enough, it is such a common trick any
self respecting spammer would harvest those and take a punt on them
being a mail address.

 

Is it possible to remove the domain from the addresses, add some more
text to the address, or drop the list in favour of a forum?

 

Sorry to be a whinge.

 

Jeremy

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