Contact Board Admin MOD.. SpamBots's getting though?

[Saeru]

I don't mean on here.. but on my own forum. I use the same mod, but am now finding spambots sending stuff though it. Is there away I could edit the mod to keep these spam messages from going though? This is really startting to get rather annoying, and they are also increasing in numbers slowly. The mod also says "Look for 'X-AntiAbuse' headers" But even finding that don't help, not really sure what to do there.

What would I be able to do to keep spam bots from sending mail though this?

[Noobarmy]

setup a visual confirmation? or some sort of thing. like text box: "What are you? (Type in human)" then check if the text box's value = human.

something simple like that works quite well

[Saeru]

something simple yes but not sure how I would code that.

[poyntesm]

For me the best solution is to remove all the normal profile data from registration page. Then if any of that profile data arrives during registration it did not arrive from a human and you can stop it.

[Noobarmy]

@ponytesm we're talking more about a contact form rather then the registration form

@saeru
coding it could be quite simple. if you did a basic question with textbox as vc is a bit harder:

Into a TPL:

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<tr>
<td class="row2">
<span class="gen">What are you?</span>
<span class="gensmall">Type in human. This is to stop bots.</span>
</td>
<td class="row1">
<input type="text" name="antibot_question" value="" />
</td>
</tr>


into the PHP: (before the rest of the checks after standard stuff ect)

[php]
$antibot_question = ( isset( $HTTP_POST_VARS['antibot_question'] ) ) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS['antibot_question'] : '';

if ( $anti_bot_question == 'human' )
{
[/php]

and a curly bracket at the end

would be an easy way to do it i guess

[igorw]

[php]if ( $anti_bot_question != 'human' )
{
message_die( GENERAL_MESSAGE, 'You didn\\'t answer the question correctly' );
}[/php]

Less code

[Noobarmy]

so true lol.

[Saeru]

I rather have a check box then a text feald.

[Noobarmy]

ok then something like:

in the TPL:

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<tr>
<td class="row2">
<span class="gen">Are you human?</span>
<span class="gensmall">Tick this box. This is to stop bots.</span>
</td>
<td class="row1">
<input type="checkbox" name="antibot_question" />Yes
</td>
</tr>

then PHP
[php]
if ( !isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['antibot_question']) )
{
message_die( GENERAL_MESSAGE, "You didn't answer the question correctly" );
}
[/php]

[Saeru]

I'll try it and let ya know if it works out not.. The spam has been slowly growing. i'm now up to 20 some a day from this

[Saeru]

Welp that failed. I installed it. tested it. Box has to be checked for the form to send.. welp.. still getting just as many spam emails as I was before..