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I am getting spammed

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:48 pm
by Clive
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I have had many guest books and every one gets spammed with porn ads placed on them.
I run a literary site with 200,000 to 300,000 hits a month with 300 mg of text files 9,800 pages so I am found on the net by Google but what can I do about the spammers that find me and hit my site.

Is there a visual code that I can install or a verify e mail address first before placing ad…

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 7:17 pm
by Klemen
Yes, unfortunately SPAM has become a problem with guestbooks. SPAMers use scripts(programs) that automatically submit messages to hundreds of guestbooks.

But my GBook has a feature that prevents SPAM - before you can submit your entry you must manually enter a security code. This way GBook prevents SPAM because scripts/programs cannot do that and the messages don't get posted.

To see what I mean try to sign up the demo guestbook:
http://www.phpjunkyard.com/gbook

You can get it here:
http://www.phpjunkyard.com/php-guestbook-script.php

You could use that code in other scripts as well.

A similar way is to use graphical checks, like the one on my contact form:
http://www.phpjunkyard.com/contact.php


Note: if you use my code or any portion of it please provide a link to www.phpjunkyard.com from your site.

Regards