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That’s right .. I said “CONTACT FORM SPAM” … not “COMMENT SPAM”

I have no idea why people would try to spam blogs through their contact form.

Basically, if you have a wordpress blog .. you can get the WP - Contact Form Plugin and activate it. Rather than placing your email address anywhere on your blog (for spammers to pick up and spam you) .. there is a neat little form where people can contact you. The information is emailed directly to you by your wordpress blog, and you do not have to worry about giving your email away to the person filling out the contact form - as they will be redirected to a thank-you page.

Personally .. I think all businesses should have some generic email addresses similar to their domain name .. like info@yourdomainurl.com .. or, maybe not as generic as that .. I’d use people’s first names. You can create an unlimited number of email addresses these days .. Why not? Then use alternate means to avoid spam. I use Eudora Lite v.7 and the plugin Spamnix to block my spam .. plus my servers all have their own spam blocking software installed anyway.

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