security issues... please help asap!!!

[djsjm]

hi guys....

i just went to fill out a contact form on someone's webpage and got this error message at the top of the page:

*** We are sorry but spam from your ip address: xx.xx.xxx.xxx is not allowed! ***

(obviously, i replaced my address with x's).

what does this mean???? is my computer at risk... or has something already happened?

help!

=(

[YarrOfDoom]

Could you give a link to that form?

I'm guessing that your ISP is on the blacklist of that site, if this is the case, then there's no problem at your side.

[djsjm]

hey there... thanks for your quick response. i called them and left a message explaining what happened. he called back and said that he's experimenting with spam filtering on his website and that's why i got the message.

nice.

scare the crap out of me.

seems he needs to fix whatever he's doing.... because i could very well be only one among many who weren't able to contact him... some of whom probably just took their business elsewhere!

the irony is... the guy is a web designer. should i hire a guy who makes things like this happen? (rhetorical question!!!)

thanks again for your response!!!

i just adore you guys over here!

[gits]

the irony is... the guy is a web designer. should i hire a guy who makes things like this happen? (rhetorical question!!!)

good 'rhetorical question' :) ... of course you should hire people that think about spam-filtering for their applications rather then ones that just forget about it :) ... even when there might be problems with the filter itself, or its implementation. and i would appreciate your call when it would have been my filter so that i would be aware of the problem with it ... so this is just a nice example for the importance of testing - when this problem could lead to loss of money then it should have been tested in a way to avoid those problem as best as it could be avoided ... in case it is just an experimental page then this was the test ;) ... so such features are to be planned very well depending on the context where they will be productive in the end ... (rhetorical answer ;) )

kind regards