Create a catch-all address for the domain you're going to use that isn't the normal postmaster one.Ģ. I do this all the time with Google Apps to track who sells my email address, creating a new one for each place I signup.ġ. No, obfuscated email addresses is still my best tool in this situation. About half the emails I get through my various forms have subtle and not-so-subtle misspellings of the return address, and it can cost me hours to track them down.
The problem with putting up a form is that people want a reply, and yet they can't type their own email address properly.
More, there are about 2 false positives per month, although that's very hard to quantify. My spam filter is highly tuned to my traffic and I get about 10 spam through per day. With 50 spam per day, plus having to trawl through the spam bin to look for the false positives, I decided to write my own. I've tried three different spam filters recommended to me by people I trust and who generally know about these things, and they get about 97% to 98% accuracy. I have a pet peeve, it's people thinking that my situation is the same as theirs, and giving me advice that is wrong for me.
