[mtripoli]

I just wanted everyone to know that www.maxwellianart.com was down for a few days but the problem is fixed and it's back up... More art added is always a good thing as well...

[dd_]

good that its back again

anychance you could look into my firetruck image and the amount of spamm its getting, ive had to block the site from my email server now :/
seems im still very popular LOL

[mashium123]

good that its back again

anychance you could look into my firetruck image and the amount of spamm its getting, ...

Man, that is really heavy... so much annoying stuff written as "comments" under your truck ... I tried to scroll down three times... but after the third malware-free-antispyware-supersoftware-my-computer-is-so-heavily-infected-with-meanest-shit-download-now-!!!-firefox-cant-help-nomore spam pop I gave up

[ivox3]

Way too funny Dave .....

Well I risked life and limb, but I went in there and saved the page .....

then did a giant copy/paste, ..... pasted it safely into wordpad, ... checked how many pages, ...... comes up to the tidy sum of 65, 535 pages of crap.

Nice...

..excuse me now, .. but I have to take a shower. .....lol.

[mtripoli]

What the hell is that all about...? How did it get infected in the first place? Attached in the image... great.

I'll look into it.

[dd_]

im guessing i have a fan that has signed that image up for every bot out there. ( its funny its the only one thats getting this much attention, maybe the truck is an icon for online chemists

[mtripoli]

Ok, I think I got them all... only time will tell. The legimate comments are gone of your work, but I *think* that is a small price to pay... IF I EVER GET MY HANDS ON THE PEOPLE THAT DO THIS CRAP...

[dd_]

thank you kindly mate
its prob someone that really lubs me and i think they have also signed me up for massive email spams too as i get about 200 a day if not more. little people little minds.
once again thank you

[ivox3]

Mike the exterminator ..... Nice... !

[dd_]

ok its not stopped it so i guess the only other solution is to destroy the image from the site.
/me waves bye byes to the fire truck image ;(

[mtripoli]

No... don't do that. A couple of things... clear your cache first...

I'll have another look at the database...

[dd_]

my cache is cleared but im still getting the emails saying they have commented on it

[MarkM]

Hey Mike,
What about installing a captcha? Heres a good one...
http://www.white-hat-web-design.co.uk/a ... aptcha.php

If you need a hand employing it let me know.

Also if your using an open source solution, then I would see if there are updates for it, or if there was a hole in the script.

Regards,
Mark

[mtripoli]

Hi Mark,

That is a good suggestion. However, I've asked Mihai (he administors the site) what he wants to do. Personally, I see no need for comments or any reason to post a "soft' email address. I use graphic email addresses so that the robots can't get them. I think that if someone wants to include an email there should be a little space to add a graohic one. The comments could be sent to the person directly via email. We'll see... one way or the other it'll get fixed...

[dd_]

hi again, is this happening to any more piccys there or just the fire truck ?

i personally would scrap the comments and I know i wouldnt include my email addy on any image just my web site addy to try to avoid this kind of fan mail