Re: [PHP] webform spam prevention
[email protected] ("Terry Ally (Gmail)")
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I am running captcha but the problem that I am having is that fly-by-night SEO marketeers are using the form to send marketing messages anyway. We get so many spam messages that I put up in red letters on the form that we do not want cold-calling SEO marketing messages. Since that message there has been a significant reduction in emails from legitimate SEO companies. However there is an upsurge in fly-by-night individuals who are all using Gmail addresses and originating in the USA. It seems as though someone is selling them a database of websites to contact. I wish there was a way of dealing with these people who evidently cannot read. Is there a technological solution? On 4 April 2013 17:28, Maciek Sokolewicz <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4-4-2013 14:27, tamouse mailing lists wrote: > >> On Apr 4, 2013 3:57 AM, "Ashley Sheridan" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> One type I've seen (and use myself) which is gaining traction is that of >>> >> asking for a human type of response to a question, or have them perform a >> simple mathematical problem, where the numbers are replaced with something >> else. >> >>> >>> >> Those can be great. The sticky part seems to be i18n and common user >> experience to answer the question, but this seem much easier to work with >> then throwing something horrible at your users. >> >> > Still, questions like "Does the sun rise in the morning or evening?" or > "Is the sky usually blue or red?" should be answerable by pretty much any > human capable of understanding at least very basic things. I'm pretty sure > that even if you have a severely reduced mental capacity, you can still > answer these types of questions. And if you can't, you usually are in the > wrong place anyway. > > - Tul > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- *Terry Ally* Twitter.com/terryally Facebook.com/terryally ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ To print or not to print this email is the environmentally-searching question! Which has the highest ecological cost? A sheet of paper or constantly switching on your computer and connecting to the Internet to read your email?