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how do I stop spammers ...

by seosoldier
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Wasn't sure where I might put this so I am putting it here. If there is a better forum to post it please let me know...

I have a web site and never had that much of a problem before but suddenly now I am getting spam every day from people and they all look like this:

Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by
(email@hotmail.com) on Friday, April 15, 2011 at 18:23:32
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your_name: Shirley

company_name: Shirley

email_confirm: email@hotmail.com

through: Infoseek

comments: Great post, truly!

<a href="bullcrapwebsite.info">blullcrapwebsite.info</a>

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So I have a Web Form on my web site and they fill out the form and send me this crap. It must be a bot of some sort because sometimes what they write seems to indicate that they think by doing this they're getting a backlink, but there's no back link ,it's just a comment / contact me form that sends an email to me which I delete.

Since the email comes to me at my address and has the subject line the same as all my LEGITIMATE subject lines, I can't make a filter in yahoo mail to filter it out.

Oh, and all the spam says Through: Infoseek. But since that's in the body not the subject line I don't think I can filter it... or can I? Hmmm. I didn't think so but I'll check on that...

Any ideas on how to stop this spam?

Thanks.
  • Profile picture of the author Steven Dybka
    Originally Posted by seosoldier View Post

    Wasn't sure where I might put this so I am putting it here. If there is a better forum to post it please let me know...

    I have a web site and never had that much of a problem before but suddenly now I am getting spam every day from people and they all look like this:

    Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by
    (email@hotmail.com) on Friday, April 15, 2011 at 18:23:32
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    your_name: Shirley

    company_name: Shirley

    email_confirm: email@hotmail.com

    through: Infoseek

    comments: Great post, truly!

    <a href="bullcrapwebsite.info">blullcrapwebsite.info</a>

    _______________________________

    So I have a Web Form on my web site and they fill out the form and send me this crap. It must be a bot of some sort because sometimes what they write seems to indicate that they think by doing this they're getting a backlink, but there's no back link ,it's just a comment / contact me form that sends an email to me which I delete.

    Since the email comes to me at my address and has the subject line the same as all my LEGITIMATE subject lines, I can't make a filter in yahoo mail to filter it out.

    Oh, and all the spam says Through: Infoseek. But since that's in the body not the subject line I don't think I can filter it... or can I? Hmmm. I didn't think so but I'll check on that...

    Any ideas on how to stop this spam?

    Thanks.
    Try adding a captcha to your contact form,that should slow them down


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  • Profile picture of the author oknoorap
    yeah, just add recaptcha reCAPTCHA: Stop Spam, Read Books easy to use their API.
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    Just Web Developer.

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    • Profile picture of the author seosoldier
      Thanks, I'm not much of a web master but I'll see if I can implement this.
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      > My Promise To You: I will never promote any offer I do not truly believe to be 100% worth buying and using!
      https://bestwaterfilter.us
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      • Profile picture of the author dayafterstore
        I've never personally configured the e-mail client Windows Mail (Thunderbird is also good) to work with a free email host like Yahoo, Hotmail, Aol, etc. But if you use that software to download all of your email to your hard drive, I believe that you can set up message rules to pretty much weed out any email item you need to...
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  • Profile picture of the author KristofVanoverbeek
    OP you have been givin some good advice tell us how it goes.



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    • Profile picture of the author creativeways80
      if your using wordpress then the captcha there talking about is just a plugin you do not need to know programming.

      Akismet will help stop spammers
      SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam is another good one to stop spammers

      These work in wordpress so check it out.
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  • Profile picture of the author bizousoft
    you should have posted the IP, run the ip search through IP Address Lookup - Home page see where the range is located, then blacklist the whole IP range.... unless they're using proxies through a spam tool of some kind
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  • Profile picture of the author garundang
    yeah.. same here.. spammer its the worts..
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    • Profile picture of the author seosoldier
      Thanks for all the advice.
      Unfortunately I was unable to implement the recaptcha widget.
      I wish it were on a Wordpress or etc where it's all a matter of a simple plug-in. Unfortunately it is for a web site I built, but while I can use Dreamweaver I do not understand the instructions given for adding this recaptcha widget.

      I might be able to figure it out but doing so looks like it would take hours, and quite possibly prove frustrating as well, and I don't have that kind of time available to me. Guess I'll just have to keep getting and deleting the spam. But thanks anyway.
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      > My Promise To You: I will never promote any offer I do not truly believe to be 100% worth buying and using!
      https://bestwaterfilter.us
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  • Profile picture of the author Fazal Mayar
    I also am having spam problems but on my email. As for blog comments, its easier to stop them.
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