Monday, 7 November 2005 - 12:19 AM EST

I think that I remember from your previous posting,
that you were using the 'approval before posting option'
on all your guestbook messages. So, in that case, the
15-17 year-olds are not actually viewing the Viagra
spam, since you are deleting it before it has a chance
to be posted.

Other than that, I guess there is not much else we can do from the 'user end'.

I am not familiar with the procedures of spam control
on the 'server end' of the equasion.

Tuesday, 8 November 2005 - 7:05 AM EST

What is the "server end" of the equation? Wouldn't that be htmlgear?

Tuesday, 8 November 2005 - 9:16 AM EST

Precisely. The server is Lycos HTML Gear and we are
the users.

I think that eventually, all these various resources
will adopt the 'text box system', whereby, the person
posting the message, must enter a predetermined code, which must be copied from a 'jumbled image' and manually typed into a box.

I'm sure that you've seen this system in operation elsewhere. This preventive measure cuts down dramatically on spam, although, it does create a nuisance for the person posting a message.

Sometimes the 'code' is difficult to decipher and requires more than one try 'to get it right'.

Wednesday, 9 November 2005 - 7:00 AM EST

Thanks, Tom. Sounds like a good way to go. If it only happened once or twice a week, it wouldn't be such a problem, but 2-3 times a day some days is too much.