Re: Blocking form spam

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2006

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texte = I've had this problem too. I noticed that they send the same message "nice site. bookmarked" so I did a hideif based on that, to hide the [sendmail].I also put a quick and dirty captcha type thing where I generate a random number and ask people to type it in. Between the two of them, I haven't gotten any more spam from the contact forms.Now with a few public guestbooks, I took a different tack. Only one of them was getting spam posted to to, but on both of them, I added a question that only people with any business posting would know, and authenticate based on that.Terry>Hi,>>A couple of my sites are starting to get hit by bots that are sending>spam through contact and sign-up forms. I can't use CAPTCHAS on some of>these forms and was wondering what techniques others are using to try>and block this stuff.>-- Terry Wilson | terry@terryfic.com | http://terryfic.comhttp://WhosComing.com - a simplified, affordable online reservation systemhttp://TightPods.com -- stylish protection for your laptop--------------------------------------------------------------------------Attitude is the only difference between ordeal and adventure.-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Blocking form spam ( Stuart Tremain 2006)
Re: Blocking form spam ( Terry Wilson 2006)
Re: Blocking form spam ( Stuart Tremain 2006)
Re: Blocking form spam ( "Tom Duke" 2006)
Re: Blocking form spam ( Stuart Tremain 2006)
Re: Blocking form spam ( WJ Starck 2006)
Re: Blocking form spam ( Gary Krockover 2006)
Re: Blocking form spam ( Donovan Brooke 2006)
Re: Blocking form spam ( "Brian B. Burton" 2006)
Re: Blocking form spam ( WJ Starck 2006)
Re: Blocking form spam ( Terry Wilson 2006)
Re: Blocking form spam ( Stuart Tremain 2006)
Blocking form spam ( "Tom Duke" 2006)

I've had this problem too. I noticed that they send the same message "nice site. bookmarked" so I did a hideif based on that, to hide the [sendmail].I also put a quick and dirty captcha type thing where I generate a random number and ask people to type it in. Between the two of them, I haven't gotten any more spam from the contact forms.Now with a few public guestbooks, I took a different tack. Only one of them was getting spam posted to to, but on both of them, I added a question that only people with any business posting would know, and authenticate based on that.Terry>Hi,>>A couple of my sites are starting to get hit by bots that are sending>spam through contact and sign-up forms. I can't use CAPTCHAS on some of>these forms and was wondering what techniques others are using to try>and block this stuff.>-- Terry Wilson | terry@terryfic.com | http://terryfic.comhttp://WhosComing.com - a simplified, affordable online reservation systemhttp://TightPods.com -- stylish protection for your laptop--------------------------------------------------------------------------Attitude is the only difference between ordeal and adventure.-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Terry Wilson

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Re: Blocking form spam

2006

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