[thelist] Robot submitting form?

[Jeremy Weiss]

I'm not sure exactly what sort of information you're wanting. However, you
really should have some checking done on the server-side to prevent your
boss from even getting these blank forms. More than likely someone is using
your form as an open relay to spam others.

-jeremy
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> [mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Portman
> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 8:29 PM
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: [thelist] Robot submitting form?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> My boss had me put a subscribe form on her website. We then 
> noticed that she would get a lot of blank e-mails. I was sure 
> that it was a robot that submitted them. I have a JavaScript 
> on the page to prevent people from submitting an empty form, 
> but if they have JavaScript turned off, the form will submit 
> but will have the following in it:
> 
> Subscriber Information:
> 
> Name:
> 
> E-mail:
> 
> When the form comes through from the robot submission, all 
> that comes through is:
> 
> Subscriber Information:
> 
> I then added some code to include the referring URL and when 
> the robot forms came in, that info was missing also.  Is 
> there a way to find out for sure if this is a robot 
> submission? I am sure it is but my boss wants "proof." Any 
> help would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Riva
> 
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