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RRice
I'm Being Spammed... help idea's?
  • 2006/7/28 11:22

  • RRice

  • Just popping in

  • Posts: 22

  • Since: 2006/2/28


Some jack off is using my contact form that came with the instillation to send me mass emails. All threatening. I was looking for the full header and it only gives me information as coming from my hosting server.

What can i do to add a lot more security? I don't want tomake the contact form visible to only registered users. I do get legit questions from non-members of the site. But 20+ emails a day is getting ridiculous. I could care less what this guy is saying to me, i'm not going to play games. I just need to stop it some how.

Thanx in advanced.

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Quest
Re: I'm Being Spammed... help idea's?
  • 2006/7/28 11:35

  • Quest

  • Friend of XOOPS

  • Posts: 1034

  • Since: 2005/11/19


Search for Security Image. It is a captcha from Dugris.

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Quest
Re: I'm Being Spammed... help idea's?
  • 2006/7/28 11:39

  • Quest

  • Friend of XOOPS

  • Posts: 1034

  • Since: 2005/11/19


Here is a thread with lots of info on it and links to the developers website, examples and download of most recent version.

https://xoops.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=49876&forum=11&post_id=227313#forumpost227313

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Dave_L
Re: I'm Being Spammed... help idea's?
  • 2006/7/28 11:55

  • Dave_L

  • XOOPS is my life!

  • Posts: 2277

  • Since: 2003/11/7


If the contact form is being used manually, a CAPTCHA won't help. By "manually", I mean that a human being is filling out the form and clicking the submit button, as opposed to an automatic script scanning the web for mail forms and submitting them.

You could capture some other info, such as the IP address, which is in the variable $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']. With the IP address, you may be able to identify the sender's ISP, and they might be able to assist you. Or you could block that IP from your server.

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metropolis
Re: I'm Being Spammed... help ideas?
  • 2006/7/28 12:02

  • metropolis

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 159

  • Since: 2004/7/15


First of all, PLEASE write "ideas", not "idea's".

Second: Get yourself a spamgourmet address (http://www.spamgourmet.com) and pick a new one when the old one gets spammed.

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McDonald
Re: I'm Being Spammed... help idea's?
  • 2006/7/28 12:14

  • McDonald

  • Home away from home

  • Posts: 1072

  • Since: 2005/8/15


Xoops Contact 1.6 has a security image (captcha) build in already.

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