Re: (spam)secure mailform
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Re: (spam)secure mailform

From: Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net>
Date: Mon Jul 18 2005 - 03:05:38 CEST

Bob Smith wrote:
>
> hmmm, what if someone gets access to the form and spams the 1,2,3, (,
> whatever ) in there?? Am I missing something obvious in this debate? ( I'd
> never do it like that, anyways...)
>
> G

Fine. The 1 2 3 are just keys to information in a database. There is NOTHING
in the form with an email address. They can send spam to those addresses - but
ONLY THOSE ADDRESSES! They can't use it to spam the world - which is a problem
with some other formmails.

Now - if someone cracks your website, that's a different story. But it's also a
different problem. The mail form itself is still secure.

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Jerry Stuckle
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Received on Mon Oct 17 21:09:34 2005