Andy Jacobs wrote:
> In article <KSMef.434$dW1.301@read3.inet.fi>,
> Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@INVALIDiki.fi> wrote:
>>
>>Does any of the publicly accessible pages have links to
>>the form?
>
>
> Not links, but it is called from a contact page as the action on a form.
> That's got me thinking though. If I rename the form to something
> obscure, they'll still find it as it will still have to be called. But
> what if I call it using - for want of a better phrase - the numerical
> values? So form2mail.php becomes:
>
> f&#x6f;&#x72;&#x6d;2&#x6d;a&#x69;&#x6c;&#x2e;p&#x6 8;&#x
> 70;
>
> Could this work?

The bots are probably running a de-obfuscator, so they understand
all valid URL/URI forms.

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Tauno Voipio
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