spambots filling in my forms

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dreamer

Hi All,

Chances are this has been answered someplace before, so I apologize in
advance if it has. My website is completely done in FrontPage 2002 and on a
few of the WebPages I have forms done in FrontPage as well. About 3 months
ago I started receiving all 5 forms being filled in with URL's and addresses
and I receive this daily now. So I have to delete this every day, but need
to fish through the good from the bad.

Is there anything that I can use to fix this issue? Something that perhaps
needs manual entry where I see on some sites you must enter letters/numbers
from a fuzzy type box. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
in advance for considering the above.

Regards,
Sam

powersearch at shaw dot ca
 
R

Rob Giordano \(Crash\)

The solution may be as simple as a form field that you validate. Let's say
you ask a question; What Color is The Sky and the viewer must enter into
your form field the word Blue...validate on Blue. Not fool proof, but it
works for me.


| Hi All,
|
| Chances are this has been answered someplace before, so I apologize in
| advance if it has. My website is completely done in FrontPage 2002 and on
a
| few of the WebPages I have forms done in FrontPage as well. About 3 months
| ago I started receiving all 5 forms being filled in with URL's and
addresses
| and I receive this daily now. So I have to delete this every day, but need
| to fish through the good from the bad.
|
| Is there anything that I can use to fix this issue? Something that perhaps
| needs manual entry where I see on some sites you must enter
letters/numbers
| from a fuzzy type box. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
| in advance for considering the above.
|
| Regards,
| Sam
|
| powersearch at shaw dot ca
|
|
 
S

SingaporeWebDesign

Hello,

This is a major problem in many websites.

The most effective solution is to use a captcha, where a user types in the
letters in a image.

There is a free ASP (if you know how to use) script for captcha here -
http://www.tipstricks.org/

Otherwise, a solution like the above will suffice. But you will need to
change the question and/or answer as spam bots will gradually bypass it.
 
M

Murray

But you will need to change the question and/or answer as spam bots will
gradually bypass it.
Click to expand...

If you are properly validating the page, they cannot bypass it.

Also, captcha methods are notoriously inaccessable. There's no reason to be
so elaborate. A simple solution like that proposed by Ronx is best, and
works very well.
 
R

Rob Giordano \(Crash\)

Thanks for the promotion!



| Yes - Robx. Thanks! 8)
|
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| Murray
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|
|
| | > By "Ronx" - do you mean Rob? :)
| >
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| > Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
| > Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
| > FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
| > http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp
| >
| >
| >
| > | >
| >> > But you will need to change the question and/or answer as spam bots
| >> > will
| >> > gradually bypass it.
| >>
| >> If you are properly validating the page, they cannot bypass it.
| >>
| >> Also, captcha methods are notoriously inaccessable. There's no reason
to
| >> be
| >> so elaborate. A simple solution like that proposed by Ronx is best,
and
| >> works very well.
| >>
| >> --
| >> Murray
| >> --------------
| >> MVP FrontPage
| >>
| >>
| >> message | >> > Hello,
| >> >
| >> > This is a major problem in many websites.
| >> >
| >> > The most effective solution is to use a captcha, where a user types
in
| >> > the
| >> > letters in a image.
| >> >
| >> > There is a free ASP (if you know how to use) script for captcha
here -
| >> > http://www.tipstricks.org/
| >> >
| >> > Otherwise, a solution like the above will suffice. But you will need
to
| >> > change the question and/or answer as spam bots will gradually bypass
| >> > it.
| >> >
| >> > --
| >> > Singapore Web Design Singapore Web Hosting
| >> > http://www.bootstrike.com/Webdesign/
| >> > | >> >> Hi All,
| >> >>
| >> >> Chances are this has been answered someplace before, so I apologize
in
| >> >> advance if it has. My website is completely done in FrontPage 2002
and
| >> >> on
| >> >> a few of the WebPages I have forms done in FrontPage as well. About
3
| >> >> months ago I started receiving all 5 forms being filled in with
URL's
| >> >> and
| >> >> addresses and I receive this daily now. So I have to delete this
every
| >> >> day, but need to fish through the good from the bad.
| >> >>
| >> >> Is there anything that I can use to fix this issue? Something that
| >> >> perhaps needs manual entry where I see on some sites you must enter
| >> >> letters/numbers from a fuzzy type box. Any suggestions would be
| >> >> greatly
| >> >> appreciated. Thanks in advance for considering the above.
| >> >>
| >> >> Regards,
| >> >> Sam
| >> >>
| >> >> powersearch at shaw dot ca
| >> >>
| >> >
| >> >
| >
|
|
 

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