Spam Filtering?
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:55 pm
It has been a few years since I did anything with php programming, and if not for the Wizards in WWB, I wouldn't even attempt forms.
But, of course, the contact form is a spam magnet.
I couldn't get the included Captcha tool to work, but just retyping a few letters is the weakest Captcha of all, so I didn't spend much time with it.
What I have noticed in the few days of watching the spam traffic, I've noticed that the messages almost always contain words like "viagra", Prednisone", "pills", "online pharmacy". Words that my client would never expect from a legitimate contact. Also, the IP addresses are repeating.
Would it be possible in the PHP form handler to look at the IP address, subject and message text to decide if the contact is spam or possibly legitimate?
But, of course, the contact form is a spam magnet.
I couldn't get the included Captcha tool to work, but just retyping a few letters is the weakest Captcha of all, so I didn't spend much time with it.
What I have noticed in the few days of watching the spam traffic, I've noticed that the messages almost always contain words like "viagra", Prednisone", "pills", "online pharmacy". Words that my client would never expect from a legitimate contact. Also, the IP addresses are repeating.
Would it be possible in the PHP form handler to look at the IP address, subject and message text to decide if the contact is spam or possibly legitimate?