Re: How do I reduce scam attempts on my website. Arghh!

2009-08-27 Thread Mike Kear
I use a similar process to Akismet, but i connect all my sites to a common banIPs table on my central database. Any message or form going from any of my sites is filtered through this table. IF the sender's ip address is on the list, the message/form gets just discarded into the bit-bucket

How do I reduce scam attempts on my website. Arghh!

2009-08-26 Thread Rick King
Hey guys. I have a website where I connect buyers and sellers of once-worn items, and the frequent scam attempts are driving me crazy. Every few nights, I'll wake up and there will be 30+ emails sent out to sellers that are obviously scam attempts (bad english, don't care about the details of

Re: How do I reduce scam attempts on my website. Arghh!

2009-08-26 Thread Scott Stroz
You can look into using Aksimet. On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Rick Kingkingric...@hotmail.com wrote: Hey guys. I have a website where I connect buyers and sellers of once-worn items, and the frequent scam attempts are driving me crazy. Every few nights, I'll wake up and there will be

Re: How do I reduce scam attempts on my website. Arghh!

2009-08-26 Thread Rick Root
I might suggest also looking at duplicate messages Ie, if someone attempts to send the exact same message to multiple recipients block. Another option, if your site is large enough, could be built in bayesian filtering... ie, add a Mark as Spam option, and use a bayesian filter component

Re: How do I reduce scam attempts on my website. Arghh!

2009-08-26 Thread Rick King
Akismet, duplicate messages, and the filtering...all good ideas! I appreciate it guys. Rick I might suggest also looking at duplicate messages Ie, if someone attempts to send the exact same message to multiple recipients block. Another option, if your site is large enough, could be

Re: How do I reduce scam attempts on my website. Arghh!

2009-08-26 Thread Gerald Guido
Excellent. I just checked out cfakismet using one of the comment spams form my blog and it is pretty damn slick. http://devnulled.com/software/cfakismet/ G! On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Rick King kingric...@hotmail.com wrote: Akismet, duplicate messages, and the filtering...all good

Re: How do I reduce scam attempts on my website. Arghh!

2009-08-26 Thread Rick Root
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Gerald Guidogerald.gu...@gmail.com wrote: Excellent. I just checked out cfakismet using one of the comment spams form my blog and it is pretty damn slick. http://devnulled.com/software/cfakismet/ CFFormProtect has akismet capability as well, and might be

Re: How do I reduce scam attempts on my website. Arghh!

2009-08-26 Thread Gerald Guido
.CFFormProtect has akismet capability as well, and might be even better at stopping comment spam Even better. Thanx. Actually I started Rick Rolling comment spammers on my blog. It has been very effective (and fun) ;) G! On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Rick Root

Re: How do I reduce scam attempts on my website. Arghh!

2009-08-26 Thread Rick King
My site is not WordPress blog. Can I still use the API key that WP generates, and use Akismet? ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive:

Re: How do I reduce scam attempts on my website. Arghh!

2009-08-26 Thread morgan l
http://akismet.com/faq/ http://akismet.com/faq/Fourth question down. On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Rick King kingric...@hotmail.com wrote: My site is not WordPress blog. Can I still use the API key that WP generates, and use Akismet?

Re: How do I reduce scam attempts on my website. Arghh!

2009-08-26 Thread Rick Root
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Rick Kingkingric...@hotmail.com wrote: My site is not WordPress blog. Can I still use the API key that WP generates, and use Akismet? Yes. -- Rick Root CFFM - Open Source Coldfusion File Manager http://www.opensourcecf.com/cffm