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#1 2019-01-01 00:57:34
- coyotepixel
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- From: Portland, OR
- Registered: 2016-06-20
- Posts: 67
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Spam, spam, spam...
Greetings and Happy New Year.
My contact page is beginning to act like a Monty Python skit... "Spam, spam, spam, spam..."
Until I have time to add captcha or something, should I delete the contact page on Backlight 1.2.3 then later rebuild it? Is it easy to rebuild?
Should I delete my contact email instead and leave the contact page?
How would I go about adding Captcha? Is there a link you can point me to?
I use my website for friends and family and don't usually get responses through the contact page.
Thanks for any suggestions that you might send my way.
Jim
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#2 2019-01-01 01:26:38
- rod barbee
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- From: Port Ludlow, WA USA
- Registered: 2012-09-24
- Posts: 17,830
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Re: Spam, spam, spam...
Backlight 2 supports Captcha.
Not sure how to implement it in BL1 other than through WordPress.
Rebuilding a Contact Page is just like creating any other page, only you also insert a Contact Form, so it would be easy to rebuild.
Rod
Just a user with way too much time on his hands.
www.rodbarbee.com
ttg-tips.com, Backlight 2/3 test site
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#3 2019-01-01 03:17:49
- coyotepixel
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- From: Portland, OR
- Registered: 2016-06-20
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Re: Spam, spam, spam...
Thanks, Rod. I'll just delete the contact page and hopefully stop getting all the spam, spam and spam. Sounds like Backlight 2 is in the future.
Although "Hot women for good sex every day" sounds great, 15 invitations every day is a bit too much. Not enough energy left for photography of the great outdoors.
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#4 2019-01-01 04:00:16
- rod barbee
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- From: Port Ludlow, WA USA
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Re: Spam, spam, spam...
!!!
Rod
Just a user with way too much time on his hands.
www.rodbarbee.com
ttg-tips.com, Backlight 2/3 test site
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#5 2019-01-02 09:25:48
- kolohe280
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- From: Talent, Oregon
- Registered: 2017-08-23
- Posts: 53
Re: Spam, spam, spam...
FWIW, I got those exact same repeated spams on my Backlight site starting on 12/30. I looked at the server logs and all the requests were coming from one IP in (according to the log analyzer I use) Luxembourg. It look like someone has written a program that can fill in and submit the contact form. I wrote something like that a long time ago to test a web site, and it isn't really that hard to do.
Like your site, mine is also a family and friends affair.
Adding the Captcha in Backlight 2 was pretty easy. OK, it was extremely easy!
Paul
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