August 11, 2008
Removed e-mail addresses from visibility in comment postings
Based on the "miss Juliet" spam from over the weekend, I've banished your e-mail addresses from the publicly-visible comments on edbrill.com. Even though they were obfuscated by the Dominoblog template (by using a bit of javascript code), somehow some spammer decided to view source and manually harvest these addresses.You will still need a valid e-mail address and to use your full name to make a comment posting on edbrill.com. This policy has, in my opinion, kept the overall tone of discourse here more professional and open.
Location: Highland Park, IL USA
What setting(s) should we (users of the Domino Blog template) be using for this?
on 8/11/2008 11:44:46 AM - http://jmichael.eu
I don't think there is a setting. I modified the HTML templates to remove the e-mail addresses.
on 8/11/2008 11:54:44 AM - http://www.stevecastledine.com
Hi Alan - if you do not want to include email links in your comments then remove the tag "CommentEmailLink" from your comment html. For you: HTML Templates > Item Templates > BlueFade Comment List Template
on 8/11/2008 12:46:00 PM -
I guess it had to happen some day. I haven't noticed any real increase in spam, but then my filter combination is pretty good.
on 8/11/2008 2:11:27 PM - http://www.phigsaidwhat.com/
It would be nice if we could still see the domain of the email address somewhere in the posting. Helps ferret out the insidious folk.
on 8/11/2008 3:41:04 PM - http://www.edbrill.com
@5 I agree, and I'll consider other ways of doing this.
on 8/12/2008 7:00:32 AM -
@5, why bother? They've all started using gmail, etc.
on 8/25/2008 11:18:05 PM - http://www.softwarewiki.org/blog/
I still get spam with my gmail account... not as much, but still some.
Alan Lepofsky on 8/11/2008 10:33:48 AM - http://www.alanlepofsky.net