I have done some forms for contact pages - information is sent via 'GET' and email is recived. Never a problem untill now.
Ive started to get spam sent to me via form - so i now whatt to put one of those security boxes where you have to write the number or letters in the box.
No idea how to go about this.
Any advice or places to look for a code - or even just the name of this kinda thing so i can google it.

Many thanks
Rachel

You're looking for a captcha.

If it's all coming from one IP just ban that IP to save users the effort of filling out a capthca. Their sorta a pain in the @$$. But this will only work until someone else starts to spam you :P.

Originally Posted by Mattmaul1992

If it's all coming from one IP just ban that IP to save users the effort of filling out a capthca. Their sorta a pain in the @$$. But this will only work until someone else starts to spam you :P.

Ahuff - but i just installed it!!!
Argh!!!! - I'll stick with it for now - but thanks!!!

Lol :P went through all that work. O well you would have had to do it sooner or later. Good luck.

Captchas are a pain... But I've seen alternatives done, such as single letter captcha that rather than being a random letter is a random number.

Actually, theres two random numbers.

And a random operator.

Basically, theres an image that adds/subtracts numbers together and you choose from a list of answers which one is right.

Example (square brackets being an image):

[24] [+] [13]
A: 37
B: 35
C: 13
D: 47

Theres a 1 in 4 chance to guess it though. But thats 1/4 less spam and you just have to click a button rather than type a string. You can also use a text field, but you might as well use a captcha then.


Theres also some that ask simple questions that bots wouldnt guess, like:

What hat is not worn
[Picture of light bulb]
[Picture of lady wearing hat]
[Picture of hat on a stand]
[Picture of a cheeseburgey]

These ones are sometimes pretty funny too, except you have to manually get the images and write the questions.