{"id":647,"date":"2009-04-18T10:20:41","date_gmt":"2009-04-18T00:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=647"},"modified":"2009-04-18T10:20:41","modified_gmt":"2009-04-18T00:20:41","slug":"reducing-spam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2009\/04\/reducing-spam\/","title":{"rendered":"Reducing spam"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just came across a blog post that very clearly outlines some anti-spam techniques <\/a>for your business email. While it is hard (impossible even) to stop spam completely, we can reduce it for our own sanity.<\/p>\n

I will add that contact forms are not a guarantee against getting spam. I have found that the contact form is immune from spam for months\u00a0 and then they hack it and I just reset the form with a new email address to solve the problem. Using captcha or recpatcha<\/a> reduces the spam entries into the form itself, too.<\/p>\n

Stephen made the suggestion of not adding an email address to business cards and printed stationery so there is no need to reprint things if you change your email address. I understand his point – reprinting is expensive!However, I do a lot of my business via email and actually prefer it to the phone so I want my email address on my cards.<\/p>\n

My compromises to Stephen’s suggestion are:<\/p>\n