Hi Guys
Hope this is the correct place for this?
My mini-sites (not my main site yet) is having the contact forms spammed. I understand a snippet of java script is required in the HTML code a 'spam' email encoder' where you require genuine clients to enter digits and letters for verification. Where can I get such a snippet? is there one you would recommend better than another? and is it easy to install? where does it go exactly in the page code?
Thanks for alllllllllllllll the anticipated help:cool: 
:cool:
Padi
teammatt3 posted this at 19:57 — 21st May 2007.
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We've got another thread on the forum that lists some scripts like that. It's called a captcha.
padi posted this at 22:30 — 21st May 2007.
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Many thanks teammatt
Will check it out and see if I can understand it I may be back:wave:
webwiz posted this at 22:47 — 24th May 2007.
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One neat idea I read about is to include an extra input field on your form and hide it with CSS. Spam bots usually just blindly fill in all available fields. Since you know that a genuine visitor likely can't see the input, just test the input field for data, and reject the form if the field is not empty.
You may need to add some nearby text to warn a visitor not to use this extra input, just in case they have CSS turned off. (Some hand-held devices may not use the CSS, for example.)
I have not tried this out, but worth a shot as it is easy to implement.
Cordially, David
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padi posted this at 18:13 — 28th May 2007.
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Hi Webwiz
Thanks for that, still trying to get captcha to work. I let you know if this working not sure my technical skills are up to what you described.
Regards
Padi
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webwiz posted this at 19:04 — 28th May 2007.
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Well, my technical skills aren't up to captchas!
FWIW - Captchas are not accessible by lots of people; also, I understand that some bots are able to read text in images, so you may still get some spam anyway.
Cordially, David
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