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Not a new web page but a brand new version of my advanced form2mail script is now available. The new version adds the ability to wrap error messages inside of your regular page header and footer so that it still looks like it is a part of your site. It also provides for a blacklist array to be entered that will disallow any email addresses that contain any of the strings in the array from appearing in any email address that is specified for either the destemail or replyemail fields. For example I have placed @aol into the blacklist array which prevents any AOL addresses being used to send me emails (and hence should reduce the chances of bugus spam reports).

Form2Mail Script Version 4.0

p.s. I have now switched to a different ISP who assures me that they will actually examine any emails reported as spam before taking any action rather than shutting down internet access every time they receive a bogus report. I am still not prepared to receive emails through the forms on my site from AOL though so as to reduce the possibility of their sending out more bogus spam reports about my emails.

Yesterday my ISP blocked my internet access for a couple of hours when their automated spam blocker somehow misidentified my connection as having been sending spam. The ISP did not of course accuse me of sending spam, their block page suggested that it would have actually been caused by a virus or spyware having got installed on my system and that this was the most likely source of the spam. Their block page also offered free antivirus and antispyware software for download so that you could use the time you were blocked in scanning your system to find and remove the problem.

I didn’t need their download links because I already have a full range of security software installed on all my computers and the antivirus software had already brought itself completely up to date before the block started.

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