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A new contact page<\/a> replaces the old contact, FAQ, link submission and review guidelines pages. Simpler and less repetitive. And instead of a contact form, there\u2019s just an email address. So much spam was coming through the contact forms that all<\/em> form results got sent to the spam folder: I\u2019ve been missing legitimate messages. So we\u2019ll try this instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new contact page replaces the old contact, FAQ, link submission and review guidelines pages. Simpler and less repetitive. And instead of a contact form, there\u2019s just an email address. So much spam was coming… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo","date":"2025-07-14T13:26:44+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ltwii7tqlp2f","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ltwii7tqlp2f\",\"cid\":\"bafyreifp2iv64r4xtddwtiqe4n5eceg2dw3myahjwf7fe2x6qw5lngxq6u\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreia6dzophamfamsect4kuxju3e2p4mbqy6ggma3ffuvcx6ej52mzbm\",\"rev\":\"3ltwii7txgh2f\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1844731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-status","hentry","category-housekeeping","post_format-post-format-status"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1785972,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/07\/security-updates\/","url_meta":{"origin":1844731,"position":0},"title":"Security Updates","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"23 July 2018","format":"status","excerpt":"So, two things.\u00a0The Map Room\u00a0has its TLS\/SSL certificate and is now running on a secure server; existing links should redirect to their https:\/\/ equivalents. 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