Problems with spam!

05 Jul 2006, 11:41

#1

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Problems with spam!

Hi,

Is there any fix for the contact_us page so I dont get the spam? It should be fine if u can do something with numbers and letters u must fill in as a code for sending mails! The numbers/leters should be automaticly changed every time so robots dont can mail!

06 Jul 2006, 00:38

#2

bobdog

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Re: Problems with spam!

This is an interesting topic.

I do have an email encryption program I use in Dreamweaver that spits out the email in ASCII or something, wondering if it would work in Zen.

Example:

[email protected]

would look like:

<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>

in the code. This prevents spammers from harvesting emails?

06 Jul 2006, 00:43

#3

kim

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Re: Problems with spam!

The contact us doesn't have email addresses that are harvestable unless you did something like add the full email address to the "to" field for the drop down.

That of course doesn't stop jerks from sending SPAM to the shop owner using the Contact_Us form. A visual verification can help with Bots- and you can also rename the file to something less obvious.

06 Jul 2006, 01:17

#4

bobdog

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Re: Problems with spam!

In my case, I edited the contact us form to include the store address and a <a href="mailto" in the bottom.

Wait...I just answered my own question. Nevermind. giggle (from The Pub Forum "Peeves")

In my case I have used the define pages editor and edited in html to add a

Contact Us 
If you have any questions at all about the above information, or anything else on this website, please don't hesitate to contact us.

New Millinnium Guitar, Inc. 
6655 N. Fresno Street, Suite 269 
Fresno, CA 93710
(559) 436-0814 

<a href="mailto:[email protected]">

So that being the case, yes, using email encryption will work as the page easily reads the html.

06 Jul 2006, 02:00

#5

ajeh

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Re: Problems with spam!

NOTE: using things like:

<a href="mailto:[email protected]">

just gets sucked up by spamm bots ... :eek:

Using php methods such as the dropdown or via the form submit prevents this as your email is never physically on the screen ... as in never in the View Source ...

08 Jul 2006, 00:24

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drbyte

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Re: Problems with spam!

Or you could use a javascript method to write the message to the screen, but which prevents spam harvesters from finding things

18 Nov 2006, 07:45

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dino_russ

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Re: Problems with spam!

Ajeh:
NOTE: using things like:

just gets sucked up by spamm bots ... :eek:

Using php methods such as the dropdown or via the form submit prevents this as your email is never physically on the screen ... as in never in the View Source ...

I have been looking and ran out of places. Where the heck is the Contact_Us form located? I looked at the contact_us.php but the form (at least one I recognized) did not seem to be one I recognized. I want to add a captcha input there so the spambots do not hit me.

Russ Jacobson

18 Nov 2006, 09:09

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dino_russ

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Re: Problems with spam!

For the registration form I just installed the module: CAPTCHA Anti-Robot Registrationby: Paul Drain 11/08/2006 v1.3.6 0.99.136. Works great for that part after I figured out how to do my first sql patch.

Anyway if there is a way to put CAPTCHA on the contact us form I would like to know. I might be able to us the PHP-CAPTCHA extension I obtained for dreamweaver to put that on my website www.dinoruss.com feedback page today (spambots have hit me there already). So I need to find out that real form location for contact-me and the contact me.php does not look like a familar form code to me (maybe I am missing it though).

thanks
well enough tinkering tonight:sleep:

Russ Jacobson