What technologies did spamarrest.com use to create their website and
anti-spam program? Also, why can't I view their source code?

Hello Kemiclyimbalncd ~

I'll start with your second question ... "why can't I view their
source code?" ...

Their source code is perfectly visible, it's just moved quite a way
down the page, so if you click on "view source" in your browser, all
you see for your first screenful is a blank screen. Use your scrollbar
and scroll down, you'll see the source code there.


So far as the 'technologies' used to build their website, I find the
following:

 1. HTML (contained in tables for structure) - 
I find no DOCTYPE Declaration, so the version of HTML they are using
is indeterminate. Since the page displays approximately the same in
half a dozen different browsers, an educated guess would be they used
HTML 4.01 transitional.
      - Doctype information -
http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/doctype.html

 2. Cascading style sheets (CSS) 
 3. Javascript (for mouseover graphics)
 4. The clip on how Spam Arrest Works was done using Macromedia Flash
5

Spam Arrest does not divulge the technology for its product, but the
way it works would suggest a simple permission-based database product
that the user "educates" by permitting certain emails to come through
and blocks the rest. If the sender isn't on your list of "approved"
senders, Spam Arrest uses a verification process of asking the sender
to verify. If it isn't verified, it is held in a special "folder" for
the recipient to either reject or accept.

Regards,
Serenata

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Request for Answer Clarification by kemiclyimbalncd-ga on 29 Apr 2003 13:01 PDT

You were right about how to view the source code. But one thing still
concerns me, because I am interested in building a similar website.
This is what the owner told me: [With regard to the technologies used
to creats Spam Arrest, it is primarily in-house developed code with
some 3rd party libraries, all written in java and running on linux. 
OUr web server is resin and our mail servers are communigate pro.]
Also, one web programmers told me the ideal technologies to use would
be PHP, C#, MySQL. While another said to use ASP and MySQL. I am
looking for the best technologies to use since I want this website
that I will build to load fast and be extremely stable.

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Clarification of Answer by serenata-ga on 29 Apr 2003 14:03 PDT

Hello again ...

Your original question "what technologies did Spam Arrest use to
create their website and Spam Arrest".

Their website is as I answered (as is evidenced by their source code).
The Website itself is pretty simply laid out and yes, with a minimum
amount of graphics, it does load fast. The answer I gave you for
technologies used on their websites is correct.

As for the technologies for  Spam Arrest the program (which is
separate from their website) it appears you have your answer that it
is in-house code with 3rd party libraries written in java and running
on linux (which is also answered correctly - a database for
maintaining the permissions/rejections of each client)


The last part of your clarification is a totally different - and
completely new - question which you may want to submit as a separate
Google Answers question. When/if you do, you may want to include the
issue of search engine indexing and dynamically generated pages in
that question, and take a look at the answers you can expect for the
pricing you offer in Google's Pricing Guidelines.

For the dynamic page generation issue: 
  - ://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html

Pricing Guidelines:
  - http://answers.google.com/answers/help.html#howtospecify

Regards,
Serenata

This answer was answered very timely?