Hi
I want to block contact form spammers on server side. How to setup antispam filter?
I looked over spam email headers and they all have the server hostname so this means the server doesnt block them currently.
Google recaptcha is already in the form but still getting spam, so the server has to stop additionally.
Last edit: dodon 2020-12-12
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Hi
I want to block contact form spammers on server side. How to setup antispam filter?
I looked over spam email headers and they all have the server hostname so this
means the server doesnt block them currently.
The problem you are going to run into is that once the "submit" button is pushed phpmailer kicks in. And the normal ways of checking for "spam" no longer work because for all intents and purposes the email is legitimate.
Have you looked into any spam protect for your email system? I think spamassassin might help.
Hi
I want to block contact form spammers on server side. How to setup antispam filter?
I looked over spam email headers and they all have the server hostname so this means the server doesnt block them currently.
Google recaptcha is already in the form but still getting spam, so the server has to stop additionally.
Last edit: dodon 2020-12-12
You'll probably find the best approach is to find a good captcha program and integrate that in with the contact form.
Nigel.
dodon dodonon@users.sourceforge.net wrote ..
Well, Google recaptcha is already in the form but still getting spam, so the server has to stop additionally.
The problem you are going to run into is that once the "submit" button is pushed phpmailer kicks in. And the normal ways of checking for "spam" no longer work because for all intents and purposes the email is legitimate.
Have you looked into any spam protect for your email system? I think spamassassin might help.
Solution #2: Honeypot Method >> Might be worthy of a look. https://www.gravityforms.com/rip-captcha/
Other than that I'm out of ideas. - Nigel
dodon dodonon@users.sourceforge.net wrote ..
i dont use wordpress, there must be something to do with spamassasin on server side i guess..