Spammers are the WORST!!!

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Spammers are the WORST!!!

Post by bio » Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:16 pm

Ugh. Since everything is updated and working properly, a new issue has arisen... the "contact us" form is being flooded with porn and viagra spam.

Yay.

I don't want to turn it off, as it's the only way to contact the admin if all else falls through, but damn... it's annoying. So I went hunting and found a possible solution which I implemented tonight.... much like new user registration, it requires that they enter a OMG THE SUPER SECRET CODE before it can be submitted. The code is supplied at the top of the page, but if it's a script (which is what 99.9% of this crap is), it can't read that, so it should be safe.

I also used a disposable forward only email address when I set up the board originally (I'm not completely stupid), so It can be changed at the drop of a hat to virtually anything else within seconds.

Crossing my fingers!
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