Re: Question About Blocking Email Addresses in Forms
| From: | Per Jessen | Date: | Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:26:21 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Question About Blocking Email Addresses in Forms | ||
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Richard Heyes wrote:
>> I am wondering if there is a way to block out email addresses in
>> specific
>> format from a form? We ahve a form that people have to enter an
>> email address, and the form has been getting used by bots to send
>> spam to a
>> listserv. The email address they enter is in this type of format
>> gfjhjfg@jhgfghjk.com, and of course it is always just a bit different
>> every
>> time. Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Could add a CAPTCHA image ("Type the letters in the image...") to your
> form. It eliminated comment junk when I added one to my website.
Or even a simple text CAPTCHA "What is 16 divided by 4?".
/Per Jessen, Zürich