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Old 02-11-2008, 06:00 AM
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Dear Everyone,

I currently get a lot of contact us spam. It usually looks like this:
Nice...

*** Spam text removed ***

Would anyone have an idea how to get rid of this or at least put some sort of image verification setting on it. Thanks.
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Old 02-11-2008, 07:48 AM
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Unless you want to help this spammer it is better not to post the text of his spam.

AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> Site Name / URL / Contact Details -> Allow Unregistered Users to use 'Contact Us'
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Old 02-11-2008, 09:02 AM
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What vb version are you suing? 3.7.0 beta 4 now has the ability to add captcha to it and it works great. You can also set up a profile field question for the contact us so bots can't use it. That you can do even in 3.5.4 so it's good all the way up.
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Old 02-11-2008, 09:21 AM
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vBulletin 3.6 already has the buildin option to have a CAPTCHA on the Contact Us, maybe even already in 3.5.

No need for profile fields or such.
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It wasn't in 3.5.4 and since I jumped straight to 3.7.0 beta 3, I wasn't sure about any versions in between. All he has to do then is get his public and private CAPTCHA keys (which are free) and he is all set.
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All he has to do then is get his public and private CAPTCHA keys (which are free) and he is all set.
reCAPTCHA is a bit wonky for me...I myself would stick with normal CAPTCHA for the moment.
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I found the NoSpam hack brought my Contact Us spam to standstill, as it was getting pretty bad. I use in combo with the CAPTCHA and haven't had to disable unregistered users from accessing it. The reason being, if there's a registration problem, there's not a lot of other ways to get a hold of me.
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I believe a NoSpam-type modification has become standard in vBulletin as of 3.7.
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I believe a NoSpam-type modification has become standard in vBulletin as of 3.7.
Yes, it has.


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reCAPTCHA is a bit wonky for me...I myself would stick with normal CAPTCHA for the moment.
reCAPTCHA works great on 3.7.0 beta 4. I haven't had a problem with it yet, knock on wood.
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reCAPTCHA lets me put in any gibberish and still lets me through.
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