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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote 123Simples Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 February 2009 at 12:47pm
The hardest thing is preventing spam and having quickly surveyed your site, this page here actually shows an email address which means that "spamming" you makes it fairly simple. The trouble with having any business though will be spam, as one cannot help but advertise themselves, without spam attacks following

You could perhaps try setting up a spam catcher on your server to "filter" out certain emails, so they are cut down
Changing the FTP hosting passwords is just a co-incidence - I expect the spammers took the day off LOL

If the spam is coming through your contact forms, then a javascript form validation will help cut down some of it. The other alternative is to setup a new email address and use that one, but hide it via a form to allow clients to contact you

If you PM me perhaps I can send you an email with some further suggestions
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Form a JavaScript validation will rarely slow down a spammer. Many spammers will workout which file sends off the actual email and then rather than go through the form on your website will have their spamming tool submit directly to the file that sends the email thus cercum navigating any protection you put in place.

To protect yourself you need to ensure that the file that sends the email is adequately protected by using things like CAPTCHA and making sure that you validate the CAPTCHA security code is correct before the file runs the code to send the email.
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Can I get the file or explanation of how to include this code in the file?
 
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The instructions on how to include it correctly in your own forms is on the following page:-

http://www.webwiz.net/webwizrichtexteditor/kb
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