Possible SPAM Code Problem?

[Potter]

Script URL: http://www.wiccaword.com/guestbook/gbook.php
Version of script: 1.35
Version of PHP: 4.3.11
Hosting company: Doorhost.net
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Ok, I've looked through the forum and I couldn't find anything that solved my problem. My problem is that when I go to post it says:


Error
You cannot signup this guestbook at the moment!


Now from searching in the forums I found that this is most likely cause of the spam filter, so I adjusted my settings.php to this:


<?php
/* >>> SETUP YOUR GUESTBOOK <<< */
/* Detailed information found in the readme file */
/* File version: 1.34 $ Timestamp: January 30 2006 20:53 */

/* What type of server is your website on?
1 = UNIX (Linux), 2 = Windows, 3 = Machintos */
$settings['system']=1;

/* Password for admin area */
$settings['apass']="********";

/* Website title */
$settings['website_title']="the main page";

/* Website URL */
$settings['website_url']="http://www.wiccaword.com/home.htm";

/* Guestbook title */
$settings['gbook_title']="";

/* Allow smileys? 1 = YES, 0 = NO */
$settings['smileys']=1;

/* Send you an e-mail when a new entry is added? 1 = YES, 0 = NO */
$settings['notify']=0;

/* Your e-mail. Only required if $settings['notify'] is set to 1 */
$settings['admin_email']="webmaster@wiccaword.com";

/* URL of the gbook.php file. Only required if $settings['notify'] is set to 1 */
$settings['gbook_url']="http://www.wiccaword.com/guestbook/gbook.php";

/* Filter bad words? 1 = YES, 0 = NO */
$settings['filter']=0;

/* Filter language. Please refer to readme for info on how to add more bad words
to the list! */
$settings['filter_lang']="en";

/* Prevent automated submissions (recommended YES)? 1 = YES, 0 = NO */
$settings['autosubmit']=1;

/* Checksum - just type some digits or chars. Used to help prevent SPAM */
$settings['filter_sum']='dhjx72js';

/* Use JunkMark(tm) SPAM filter (recommended YES)? 1 = YES, 0 = NO */
$settings['junkmark_use']=1;

/* JunkMark(tm) score limit after which messages are marked as SPAM */
$settings['junkmark_limit']=60;

/* Show "NO GUESTBOOK SPAM" banner? 1 = YES, 0 = NO */
$settings['show_nospam']=0;

/* Prevent multiple submissions in the same session? 1 = YES, 0 = NO */
$settings['one_per_session']=0;

/* Maximum chars word length */
$settings['max_word']=100;


/* >>> OPTIONAL SETTINGS <<< */

/* Name of the file where guestbook entries will be stored */
$settings['logfile']="entries.txt";

/* >>> DO NOT EDIT BELOW <<< */
$settings['verzija']="1.35";
?>


I changed everything I could think of, from the swear word filter to spam stuff and nothing seems to help. I have twice (with no reason or change) been able to post but any other time I get that error and I can't figure out why. Please help!

[Henrie]

Well, I just tested it and i had no problem getting my test messages in your guestbook.
So this is a difficult problem to solve. Maybe Klemen has an idea.

Greetings,
Henrie

[Klemen]

Hi,

The "You cannot signup this guestbook at the moment!" error is indeed a result of the JunkMark(tm) spam filter. If you do something to upset the filter it will block all your posts within the same session with the above message.

What to do: close ALL your browser windows (including this one) and try again.

Regards

[Klemen]

Also for maximum security you should change the default

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$settings['filter_sum']='dhjx72js';

to something else (just type some letters and number, for example

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$settings['filter_sum']='clkw28f235';

(don't use this one, type something on your own)

Doesn't really matter how long it is.