UK STAINED GLASS NEWS Sept 2007
and THE UK STAINED GLASS REGISTER
SPAM THE SCOURGE OF THE INTERNET
Use clever web site code to protect you from SPAM!!!!!!
WHAT IS IT?
Spam, in broad terms is the sending of unsolicited
e-mails to anyone, usually of a commercial nature. Strictly speaking,
it refers to the sending of e-mails in overwhelming numbers, but the rules
of the traditional Internet do not allow commercial messages by e-mail.
Now, if you own a stained glass web site, and your e-mail address is on
it, you will receive spam. You will be doing your bit for the long term
health of the Internet, if you report these spammers to their service
providers.
Unfortunately, that is a lot easier said than done. To prevent being
kicked out by their ISPs, the spammers usually forge or disguise the origins
of their e-mails, making the exercise of reporting them rather onerous.
WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT
There are two courses of action open to you:
1. Improve the coding on your web site to reduce or prevent spam.
2. Report the sender of persistant spam to SPAMCOP who will report them to their ISPs. Action can then be taken against them. Spamcop have a simple reporting system, but you will need to paste the e-mail header in full onto their web site form.
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We list sites from world wide.
All traditional stained glass URLs are invited for consideration.
For a URL to be considered for the registers of Studios they must conform to all of the following criteria:
The site is primarily stained glass
The premises location has been made known to us
Any studio MUST be manufacturing its own stained glass items
Resellers of glass, hardware and patterns are not eligible for inclusion in the studio registers
We reserve the right to exclude any site
You should note that this is primarily a UK site. All bona fide UK studios, professional and amateur are usually listed. Sites from abroad or overseas, will only be listed if we think they would be interesting for our UK artists and visitors.
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