Mark
Sat Jul 05 14:03:04 CDT 2008
Hi Ron:
Thank you very much. I greatly appreciate the time, effort and expertise
that you and the other MS MVP's share with FP users.
Best regards, Mark Flynn
"Ronx" <ronx917@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ePsUM5n3IHA.2332@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> You are using the FrontPage extensions to process your form, and
> displaying your email address (in code view). Spambots will pick up the
> email address from the page code view, so it may not be the form itself
> being used to generate the spam.
>
> The best solution is to move to custom written server side scripts to
> process the form data. With this method the email address can be hard
> coded in the script, and never displayed on the page (in code, source or
> any other view), and a Human Interface Proof (HIP) device (CAPTCHA,
> ASIRRA, etc) used to defeat the spambots.
>
> Some Examples of HIPS can be seen at
>
http://www.rxs-enterprises.co.uk/tests/anti-spam/
> but none of these will be effective when using FrontPage extensions to
> process the form - FP extensions can only use JavaScript to validate form
> fields, and Spambots usually have JavaScript disabled.
>
> Since you are getting spam on your existing email address, you will need
> to change it.
> --
> Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
>
>
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp
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> "Mark Flynn" <mark.flynn@uci.net> wrote in message
> news:OMzBH6l3IHA.3500@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:
>
>> I have a form that has the visitor fill in his name and contact info
>> along
>> with a text box for his comments. The form results are sent to me as an
>> emal. Unfortunately I'm receiving spam via this form.
>> Question: Is there a way to require the submitter to physically preform
>> a
>> task, like entering an Access Code, before he can submit the form?
>> The form is here:
>>
http://www.markflynn.biz/Documents/contact-form.htm
>> I'm using MS FP 2003 and GoDaddy is my hosting service.
>> Thanks, Mark Flynn
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