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Blocking spam, free script versus Pro  (See more user questions)

Hi

That's a possibility. One way to tell for sure is to use an email address
for the script that you do not use (and never have used) elsewhere. Only
form submissions will go to that email address.

The Pro version is every bit as secure as the free version. Security in
this sense is about the ability of spammers to spam third parties by using
your form as a relay, the sort of thing that gets your hosting account shut
down. With either version of the script, third parties cannot get spammed,
it cannot be used as a relay.

The Pro version has a number of features that will cut down the spam you get
through the form, as you can see on the link I gave you. In this sense it
is much better than the free version.

Have a look at that page again. Have a look through my support section too.

Any questions, just let me know.

Best wishes.

Charles Sweeney
https://formtoemail.com
The world's easiest feedback script!

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: FormToEmail script


> Hi Charles,
>
> I'm wondering if someone just used my email as the sender and not
> necessarily through the form on the site. The IP of sender seem to be
> random as well.
>
> Example here:
>
> Return-Path: <[email protected]>
> Received: (qmail 28093 invoked from network); 8 Aug 2008 16:53:13 -0000
> Received: by simscan 1.4.0 ppid: 28070, pid: 28083, t: 0.8465s
> scanners:none
> Received: from unknown (HELO 60.221.214.2) (60.221.214.2)
> by mailrelay..de with ESMTP; 8 Aug 2008 16:53:12 -0000
> Message-ID: <000801c8f978$069ec06f$0b8ac492@xiqly>
> From: "heathcliff dwayne" <.ca>
> To: "" <.de>
> Subject: Enjoy our MASSIVE $2400 bonus
> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:11:50 +0000
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
>
> I was just looking at your pro version as I have a half dozen sites that I
> need to use a contact form with. Is the pro version inherently more
> secure?
>
>
>
> FormToEmail.com wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Thank you for your feedback, much appreciated.
>>
>> I'm guessing you have my free script. This is safe from spammers in as
>> much as it can't be used as a relay to send spam to third parties,
>> getting your hosting account shut down. For all the consolation it is,
>> the spam only goes to you.
>>
>> You should use my Pro version if you are getting a lot of spam. More
>> info here:
>>
>> https://formtoemail.com/formtoemail_pro_version.php
>>
>> Any questions, just let me know.
>>
>> Best wishes.
>>
>> Charles Sweeney
>> https://formtoemail.com
>> The world's easiest feedback script!
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 8:21 PM
>> Subject: FormToEmail script
>>
>>
>>> Comments: Hello,
>>>
>>> I have used your FormToEmail script on one of my sites and I just got a
>>> flood of spam though it (over 4000 emails), I'm using the 2.4 version.
>>> Not sure if there is a problem with the script but thought you might
>>> like to know. If you need more info you can contact me.
>>>
>>> Thanks