Re: [Nms-cgi-devel] [Fwd: wwwboard suggestion]

[Gary M. <ga...@sp...>]

Please be aware that ALL of the following fields are open to spammers  
since words in these fields cannot currently be filtered:

Email:
Subject:
Optional Link URL:
Link Title:
Optional Image URL:



On Sep 6, 2005, at 4:30 AM, Jonathan Stowe wrote:

> On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 06:37, Dave Cross wrote:
>
>> This sounds like a sensible suggestion. Anyone want to try  
>> implementing it?
>>
>>
>
> I thought that it did do that, but I'll take a crack at it this week
> some time.  I need to implement the SURBL checking in the subject as
> well at some point.
>
>
>> Dave...
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: wwwboard suggestion
>> Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 22:33:49 -0700
>> From: Gary Meyer <ga...@sp...>
>> To: da...@us...
>>
>> WWWBOARD version 1.60
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I realize you may not be the right person to contact, but since I
>> don't know who is, I'll drop my suggestion on you.
>>
>> WWWBOARD is awesome and is more useful than any PHP board I've seen.
>> The words filter has allowed me to handle most spam attacks, but
>> there is one weakness that seems so obvious, I can't believe it's
>> been left open.  The contents of the SUBJECT field cannot be filtered
>> for words.  Many spammers have realized this and are launching
>> attacks through the SUBJECT field in WWWBOARD daily.
>>
>> My suggestion is simply:  Give the SUBJECT field the same level of
>> filter capability that other fields have.
>>
>> If I've overlooked something and you believe the SUBJECT field can be
>> filtered, please let me know.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Gary Meyer
>>
>>
>>
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