Re: webform spam prevention

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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 <tularis@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 4-4-2013 14:27, tamouse mailing lists wrote:
>
>> On Apr 4, 2013 3:57 AM, "Ashley Sheridan" <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> 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
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