[thelist] what's the hole in my contact form anti-spam?

Barney Carroll barney.carroll at gmail.com
Thu Sep 10 11:31:38 CDT 2009


>
> Yes, specifically I was alluding to recaptcha.  I have used it with great
> success.  Though the last time I mentioned it during a similar discussion,
> no one seemed to care.


I remember that discussion. I think everyone acknowledged that it was great
for keeping bots out, but also that a few people were prone to simply give
up after a few failed attempts.

Regards,
Barney Carroll

barney.carroll at gmail.com
07594 506 381


2009/9/10 Jon Molesa <rjmolesa at consoltec.net>

> *On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 03:01:46PM +0530 Mohan Arun L <marun2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:01:46 +0530
> > From: Mohan Arun L <marun2 at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [thelist] what's the hole in my contact form anti-spam?
> > To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> >
> > >>>>You need some way to either test for a human sitting at the form
> loaded
> > into the browser, or some way to test weather the data received actually
> > came from the form loaded into a browser.
>
> > >>>
> >
> > I get such contact form spam all the time.
> > Simply include a recaptcha script as part of your form to verify if
> > form submissions are being made by humans.
>
> Yes, specifically I was alluding to recaptcha.  I have used it with
> great success.  Though the last time I mentioned it during a similar
> discussion, no one seemed to care.
> >
> >
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