Small company develops new way to stop form spam - Business Center - PC World
May 18, 2009
Spam isn't just a problem for people with e-mail addresses, but also for companies and organizations running Web sites with various types of feedback forms.
Automated bots troll the Internet for forms, automatically filling them out with rubbish information. Form data often goes to Web-site employees' e-mail addresses for sorting later. Many companies also collect marketing leads through forms that feed directly into databases, which then get gummed up with Viagra pitches instead of potential customers...
Spam isn't just a problem for people with e-mail addresses, but also for companies and organizations running Web sites with various types of feedback forms.
Automated bots troll the Internet for forms, automatically filling them out with rubbish information. Form data often goes to Web-site employees' e-mail addresses for sorting later. Many companies also collect marketing leads through forms that feed directly into databases, which then get gummed up with Viagra pitches instead of potential customers...
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