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Jeff Gilder
Jeff Gilder
@jffgldr
7 years ago
69 posts
I'm beginning to get quite a lot of contact form spam. I'm using the Simple Form feature. I added the "Human Check" box and marked it as required...still getting the spam. What else can I do? Anyone?
Thanks!


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Thank you!
Jeff
Running JR6 with Follow Me on one JamRoom Network and JR6 and ISkin on another - Migrated From Ning. LOVE JamRoom!
updated by @jffgldr: 09/04/17 08:48:45PM
douglas
@douglas
7 years ago
2,767 posts
If you have the "Human Check" box, then it is a real person doing the spamming, about the only thing you can do is ban their IP and or email address using the ban module. If you have it set so the user has to be logged in to use the form, then you can remove their account as well.

Hope this helps!


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Douglas Hackney
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paul
@paul
7 years ago
4,325 posts
Unfortunately, not a lot. I get it all the time from my live sites. Its real people posting stuff so 'anti-bot' techniques don't work.


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Paul Asher - JR Developer and System Import Specialist
Jeff Gilder
Jeff Gilder
@jffgldr
7 years ago
69 posts
Thanks guys. Kinda what I thought. I battle it everyday with the WordPress sites I manage. Since our migration is still fairly recent, I have this form set to help those with login issues....therefore they do not have to be logged in to use it.


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Thank you!
Jeff
Running JR6 with Follow Me on one JamRoom Network and JR6 and ISkin on another - Migrated From Ning. LOVE JamRoom!
researchcooperative
@researchcooperative
7 years ago
694 posts
I recently bravely opened a new contact form and, hey presto, the global spamsters are onto it! Within just a few hours.

Now I found a spam blocking service that offers APIs for sites facing exactly this situation, making use of their in house library of verified spam IP addresses.

The API does a check before showing the user the contact form. If the IP address is on the list, no contact.

Seems like a good idea. Manually adding IP addresses with the Banned Item tool is not going to be possible.

Does JR already have a pre-screening system available for known spam IP addresses?

The site I am looking at is:

cleantalk.org/

Is it possible to set this up, already, or does someone have to customise something so that this can work with JR sites?


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PJ Matthews, Kyoto
Migrated from Ning 2.0. Now at Jamroom 6 beta and using Jamroom Hosting for The Research Cooperative (researchcooperative.org)
brian
@brian
7 years ago
10,144 posts
cleantalk.org can be integrated into Jamroom - it would just require a custom module that would take their API and use Jamroom's existing events to check the posted info via their API and then respond accordingly.

If you'd be interested in sponsoring development of the module let us know ;)

Thanks!


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Brian Johnson
Founder and Lead Developer - Jamroom
https://www.jamroom.net
researchcooperative
@researchcooperative
7 years ago
694 posts
@brian

Thanks...

There may be other providers of similar services. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Depending on the price, I might eventually be able to sponsor a module for this. In principle, I would be happy to.

However, I have some other spending priorities for my site, so letting the discussion continue here is the best next step, from my point of view.


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PJ Matthews, Kyoto
Migrated from Ning 2.0. Now at Jamroom 6 beta and using Jamroom Hosting for The Research Cooperative (researchcooperative.org)
Black-Eagle
Black-Eagle
@black-eagle
7 years ago
57 posts
Hello

i'm interesting too with this module.

@researchcooper, if you want, I can be a sponsor with you.

See you.
researchcooperative
@researchcooperative
7 years ago
694 posts
@black-eagle ... Thanks! Let's consider after further discussion.

@brian

In the process of developing a module like this, would it be feasible, desirable and cost-effective to make it compatible with more than one kind of spam-detecting service?

I can imagine situations where one service might be ideal for screening certain kinds of spam, and another service might be ideal for screening other kinds of spam.

Could a "Contact Form Spam-Interception" module be designed from the start to accommodate a range of interception services (perhaps two or three at most?). Or would this be technically not possible, or expensive, or not really needed or useful?


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PJ Matthews, Kyoto
Migrated from Ning 2.0. Now at Jamroom 6 beta and using Jamroom Hosting for The Research Cooperative (researchcooperative.org)
paul
@paul
7 years ago
4,325 posts
A module could be designed where the spam detection services are 'plugins' and you could then select any, or all of them. My initial thought though is that for every comment it would be waiting for responses from three APIs so you might see a bit of slowness creeping in.


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Paul Asher - JR Developer and System Import Specialist
paul
@paul
7 years ago
4,325 posts
Before we go any further with this, have you checked out the existing spam blocker module? - https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/networkmarket/82/spam-blocker


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Paul Asher - JR Developer and System Import Specialist
researchcooperative
@researchcooperative
7 years ago
694 posts
Thanks.

I do have that installed, and enabled for the quotas where members can post material.

However, the module does not appear to cover forms, which sit outside the quota system (as far as I can see).


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PJ Matthews, Kyoto
Migrated from Ning 2.0. Now at Jamroom 6 beta and using Jamroom Hosting for The Research Cooperative (researchcooperative.org)
updated by @researchcooperative: 06/06/17 06:12:40AM