On Thu, 2013-04-04 at 19:29 +0100, Terry Ally (Gmail) wrote: > 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 > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > They probably aren't using a paid for list but getting a list of contact forms from a web search. I still maintain that asking some sort of question that only a human could answer is best, and that doesn't mean a tradition captcha like ReCaptcha. That's proved easier for bots to fill than humans now! Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
