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Old 05-20-2006, 11:27 PM
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Default Re: spamming a guestbook

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Originally Posted by gigigib
Now there are some jerks posting stupid little tidbits like "Oh yeah!" on our arts and crafts forum. Does this gain them anything if they don't leave a url? Just curious.
I think, though I'm not sure, that if you are using a "standard" guestbook that you are probably targeted by automated bots posting junk messages to see if your guestbook is "open" for spamming.

I don't think they get anything useful out of the post or the link, other than perhaps a once in a blue moon visitor who might follow such a link. If there are many thousands of spammable pages then it might be worthwhile to them as it costs essentially nothing.

Thank goodness for image verification!
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