<s>
Matt	B-Language
's	I-Language
Script	I-Language
Archive	I-Language
is	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
CGI	B-Language
scripts	I-Language
written	O
in	O
the	O
Perl	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
scripts	O
,	O
FormMail	B-Protocol
,	O
is	O
claimed	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
CGI	B-Language
script	I-Language
on	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
,	O
with	O
over	O
2	O
million	O
downloads	O
since	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FormMail.pl	O
script	O
,	O
in	O
particular	O
,	O
was	O
exploited	O
by	O
spammers	O
to	O
send	O
junk	O
email	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SecurityFocus	O
put	O
attacks	O
based	O
on	O
FormMail.pl	O
third	O
in	O
their	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
Top	O
Attacks	O
for	O
the	O
1st	O
Quarter	O
of	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Perl	B-Language
5	O
became	O
more	O
mature	O
,	O
norms	O
in	O
the	O
community	O
changed	O
to	O
encourage	O
use	O
of	O
modules	B-Architecture
such	O
as	O
CGI.pm	B-Language
and	O
code	O
safety	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
strictures	O
and	O
taint	O
checking	O
;	O
the	O
scripts	O
in	O
Matt	B-Language
's	I-Language
Script	I-Language
Archive	I-Language
,	O
however	O
,	O
did	O
not	O
follow	O
these	O
changes	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
(	O
and	O
also	O
because	O
Matt	O
Wright	O
wrote	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
code	O
when	O
he	O
was	O
an	O
inexperienced	O
programmer	O
)	O
tend	O
to	O
be	O
buggy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Experienced	O
Perl	B-Language
programmers	O
usually	O
recommend	O
against	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
these	O
scripts	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
London	O
Perl	B-Language
Mongers	O
started	O
an	O
effort	O
called	O
"	O
nms	O
"	O
to	O
write	O
drop-in	O
replacements	O
for	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matt	O
Wright	O
himself	O
has	O
recommended	O
using	O
the	O
nms	O
scripts	O
,	O
saying:I	O
would	O
highly	O
recommend	O
downloading	O
the	O
nms	O
versions	O
if	O
you	O
wish	O
to	O
learn	O
CGI	B-Language
programming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
code	O
you	O
find	O
at	O
Matt	B-Language
's	I-Language
Script	I-Language
Archive	I-Language
is	O
not	O
representative	O
of	O
how	O
even	O
I	O
would	O
code	O
these	O
days	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
scripts	O
at	O
Matt	B-Language
's	I-Language
Script	I-Language
Archive	I-Language
ceased	O
to	O
be	O
updated	O
after	O
1996	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
security	O
flaws	O
or	O
bugs	O
.	O
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