Author: S.Friedkitten. (1 Apr 05 10:34am)
Yes, it's very normal for the links not to "show up" on the pages, at least not visible to human visitors. This is exactly the idea : if humans would see and be inclined to follow the links too, that would tag human visitors as possible spammers. Now only the bots/tools used by spammers find and follow the invisible links, and (hopefully) later on send mail to the addresses provided.
You'll see how many visits your honeypot got when you look at your stats on projecthoneypot.org, and if your honeypot is the FIRST one to catch a new spammer, you'll receive a mail about it, if you selected that option. Spambots already known to the system don't result in a mail, but they are counted in your stats.
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