Privacy Notes Spambot Buster
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Privacy Notes Spambot Buster
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Privacy Notes Spambot Buster not only defeats robots
harvesting email addresses on web pages,
it also completely nullifies their harvesting
efforts when they scan
where the Privacy Notes Spambot Buster method is used
in lieu of publishing an email address.
When no email address is present, it can't be harvested.
Instead of me just talking about it, let me show you. The following
link contains no email address, not encoded, not encrypted, not
generated by JavaScript. It's not on the web page. But if you
click the link, your browser will cause your email program to
open with a new email and with the correct email address pre-filled
in — just as if the link was a mailto: link.
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You can get a copy of the Privacy Notes Spambot Buster program
immediately here.
There is no charge for the program.
Simply download it, install it, and put the program's URL into
your browser. The control panel will tell you how to do the rest.
This is freeware — free to download, free to use, free
to give to your friends and business associates.
You must agree to these three statements before installing or
using Privacy Notes Spambot Buster:
- This software is provided as-is.
- There are no guarantees or warranties of any kind, expressed
or implied.
- Use the software only at your own risk.
The Privacy Notes Spambot Buster copies you give away
can even contain
your brand. The branded software can display your logo or
other image and also a slogan or other line of text. Both logo
and slogan can be linked to your web site.
Do you have clients without a cgi-bin? You have permission to
act as the remote host for their use of Privacy Notes Spambot
Buster. Install one copy (30k) for each client, each with
their own passworded control panel — with your brand on it,
of course.
A note about email address cloaking
on web pages —
Email address cloaking methods abound. The methods include encoding
with special characters, encryption, generating with JavaScript,
and others, some very ingenious.
But they all have a weakness in common — the browser has
to decode/decrypt/generate the email address into it's original
form before it can be used.
It is a weakness because browsers and email harvesting robots
are both software and, no matter the cloaking method, if a browser
can extract the email address then robots can be programmed to
extract it, too.
With the Privacy Notes Spambot Buster method, cloaking
isn't necessary because there is no email address to cloak.
When no email address is present, it can't be harvested.
(A special "thank you" to Bob McElwain of http://SiteTipsAndTricks.com/
for suggesting the name "Spambot Buster")
Server Requirements:
Perl version 5+
| Unix/Linux |
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(For other servers, the header section of the source code itself contains
notes about porting the code. (Two variables need to be changed.)
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Installation:
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Verify the first line of this script points to the location of perl on your server.
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Upload the script to your server into a directory allowed to run Perl CGI scripts. Use an FTP program and upload the script as ASCII/plain text.
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Give the uploaded script 755 permissions.
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Type the URL of this script into your browser. I.E.: http://YourSite.com/cgi-bin/msb.cgi
If you need professional installation services, we highly recommend
the author of this excellent piece of software, William
Bontrager, who will proivide installation on Unix/Linux servers
for $25.00
Your designer, hosting company, or other folks who help you
create and maintain your site, might be willing to install Privacy
Notes Spambot Buster for you. Please ask them rather than PrivacyNotes.
