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I am getting SPAM through my website forms
What you are experiencing is what is commonly called
"contact form spamming". Spammers employ an automatic
script to auto-submit SPAM information to your contact
form. They do this to "test" the form to see if they can
use it to spam others, to cause a general nuisance or
they might have some nefarious motives like causing
network contention or web server outtages.
Here is an article that might help you understand the
problem:
http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/08/03/dealing-with-automated-form-spamming
Currently there are only a few ways to prevent this
type of spamming. Sometimes the problem comes and goes
as different spammers "test" your form. Most of our
clients just ignore the problem while others try to fix
it. You can set up some local Rules in your mail client
to filter out the spam.
You can also rename your contact forms so that the
spambots don't target them any longer. This is a
short-term solutions. Sometimes this helps for while; either the spammers won't try to figure out your new
form name or it will be some time before another
spammer's spambot comes across your form with its new
name.
The best way to combat this problem, and you've
probably seen this used on other sites, is to add a "CAPTCHA"
component to your form which is where a person or
program has to _read_ and then copy a string of text
that appears as an image in a box. Here is an example:
http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/CaptchaImage.asp
If you would like us to integrate a
CAPTCHA component
into your site, please contact our technical support
team at
support@webheadgroup.com. Please be aware that
spammers are always looking for ways around any
anti-spam measures you
may utilize.
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