Ahh ok gotcha. I'm not too fond of that one either. Most people assume I support/use catchas just because I wrote one but you'll not see anywhere that I've actually used them... not even my own :)
I'm more interested in methods that are more or less invisible to the user like Sandra's black/white lists. I'd REALLY love for someone with a serious spam issue to try the hidden form field method and see how it works out... and then of course post their findings for the rest of us. Just so you dont have to dig for it... here it is again. Place a normal type="text" field in your form and leave it empty at all times. (maybe even give it ajuicy name like 'email' or 'emailaddress' or possibly even a random name each time...) Then use a style to make its display:none or visibility:hidden. On the processing page, as long as the field is empty, process the form, else dont Apparently 'most' bots like to fill in every field they find in the form and the majority of them won't parse the styles. You could also just put the field in a div with a message like "Leave this field empty" inside the div as well then hide the div. That way, if the field shows to an actual human, they will see the message to leave it empty in order to submit. I need to get a 'fake' blog or something up just to get spammers to start using it so I have somewhere to test out new methods of blocking them lol ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -----Original Message----- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 10:30 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Capture Alternatives Oh, sorry, I was replying to this, but I see that probably wasn't all that clear: >The best accessible CAPTCHA I've seen is asking you to add two random > numbers > > (0<number<10). I meant the simple Math one. Ray > -----Original Message----- > From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 9:03 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Capture Alternatives > Importance: High > > > I just implemented a solution exactly like this > > Exactly like which one? > > ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. > Bobby Hartsfield > http://acoderslife.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 9:02 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Capture Alternatives > > I just implemented a solution exactly like this and am waiting for the > results to assess it's effectiveness. Does anyone out there use this as a > solution? Care to share your assessment? > > Thanks, > > Ray > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tom Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 8:53 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: Capture Alternatives > > > > On Tuesday 14 November 2006 12:20, Richard Cooper wrote: > > > Both suggestions seem good ways of preventing spam bots, but in the UK > now > > > all websites need to be accessible by law > > > > Not all. Some. > > > > The best accessible CAPTCHA I've seen is asking you to add two random > numbers > > (0<number<10). > > > > -- > > Tom Chiverton > > Helping to appropriately integrate intuitive synergies > > > > **************************************************** > > > > This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. > > > > Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England > and Wales > > under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at St > > James's Court Brown Street Manchester M2 2JF. A list of members is > available for > > inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a partner in > relation to > > Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP. Regulated by the Law > Society. > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY > > > > This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and > may be > > confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must > not read > > it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform > any > > person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or > contents. If > > you have received this email in error please delete it and notify > Halliwells LLP IT > > Department on 0870 365 8008. > > > > For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:260340 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
