Posted by Tony on 11/24/31 11:26

On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 08:31:13 +0200, chlori wrote:

> Good morning
>
> Some of my customers are complaining that someone/something
> is spamming the contact forms on their sites in the last weeks.
>
> In the E-Mail field there is a random e-mail address with
> the domainname of the site. So it's difficult to use a junk
> filter on the mailserver, isn't it?
>
> In the comments field, the same e-mail address is repeated.
> Nothing else. It's not always the same address.
>
> These mails come at any day or night time, so if it's the
> same person, he doesn't sleep much...
>
> My questions:
> What's happening? Is that a person? Software? Why are they
> doing that? Doesn't seem to help anyone...
>
> What's the best way to stop getting those mails without
> making it a too big fight filling in the form?
>
> Thanks for your ideas!

If these emails become too cumbersome to sort out manually, try using a
Captcha in your form. Make sure it's a good captcha that's not easily
cracked.

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Tony
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