Junk messages comimg via my website form Please help

A bit long sorry.........
I have a form on a page of my website. It gives my possible customers a
chance to contact me with enquires or comments. The messages come direct to
my email.

The problem I am finding is that I am getting messgaes via this well which I
think are VERY INAPPROPIATE (if you know what I mean) Does ant one know how I
can stop these as I am finding it a little distressing.

A customer has also contacted me and said she sent me a messgae which I did
not recieve so I am also wondering if there is some kind of possible virus
attached.

Please help!
Naomi

Naomi,

Hmmm, there was a very similar question posed in the MS Pub Web Design
NG earlier today.

I had suggested using a form of validating fields, but apparently Pub
does not do this. David F. suggests using Soupermail to process your
form. It can be set up to validate fields. It won't stop people from
spamming, but it will stop the bots. About the only way to stop spam
completely would be to require a log-in with the user needing to click
on a link in another e-mail message to confirm their registration.

Mike

g7nomie wrote:

A bit long sorry.........
I have a form on a page of my website. It gives my possible customers a
chance to contact me with enquires or comments. The messages come direct to
my email.

The problem I am finding is that I am getting messgaes via this well which I
think are VERY INAPPROPIATE (if you know what I mean) Does ant one know how I
can stop these as I am finding it a little distressing.

A customer has also contacted me and said she sent me a messgae which I did
not recieve so I am also wondering if there is some kind of possible virus
attached.

Please help!
Naomi

g7nomie wrote:

I have a form on a page of my website. It gives my possible customers a
chance to contact me with enquires or comments. The messages come direct to
my email.

The problem I am finding is that I am getting messgaes via this well which I
think are VERY INAPPROPIATE (if you know what I mean) Does ant one know how I
can stop these as I am finding it a little distressing.

A customer has also contacted me and said she sent me a messgae which I did
not recieve so I am also wondering if there is some kind of possible virus
attached.

This is not a Publisher issue.

Grumpy,

Sure it is. It's just that there is little the OP can do unless she
wants to use a different script than FP extensions to process her form.
Not much difference between her question and the one wanting to know how
to incorporate Captcha into a Pub form.

Mike

Uncle Grumpy wrote:

g7nomie wrote:


I have a form on a page of my website. It gives my possible customers a
chance to contact me with enquires or comments. The messages come direct to
my email.

The problem I am finding is that I am getting messgaes via this well which I
think are VERY INAPPROPIATE (if you know what I mean) Does ant one know how I
can stop these as I am finding it a little distressing.

A customer has also contacted me and said she sent me a messgae which I did
not recieve so I am also wondering if there is some kind of possible virus
attached.


This is not a Publisher issue.

Mike Koewler wrote:

Grumpy,

Sure it is. It's just that there is little the OP can do unless she
wants to use a different script than FP extensions to process her form.

Then the question should be posted to a FP group, not here.

Grumpy,

Maybe you need to take a nap. :-) Pub, you know, the software this NG is
dedicated to, uses FP extensions to enable forms to work. It is a Pub
issue, though the question would be better posted in the web design
section (which she has done).

Here's a link that may help:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/ar.../07/80564.aspx

Mike

Uncle Grumpy wrote:
Mike Koewler wrote:


Grumpy,

Sure it is. It's just that there is little the OP can do unless she
wants to use a different script than FP extensions to process her form.


Then the question should be posted to a FP group, not here.

Mike Koewler wrote:

Maybe you need to take a nap. :-) Pub, you know, the software this NG is
dedicated to, uses FP extensions to enable forms to work. It is a Pub
issue, though the question would be better posted in the web design
section (which she has done).

I use FP to design/manage several websites. I didn't know Pub had
that capability.

Still, I think the question was better placed in a website-only group.

JMO.

Grumpy,

Still, I think the question was better placed in a website-only
group.

I agree. She did post it in the MS Pub web design group, as David F.
(the resident web guru since the other David left) tends to check that
group more frequently - or so it seems.

Mike

Uncle Grumpy wrote:

Mike Koewler wrote:


Maybe you need to take a nap. :-) Pub, you know, the software this NG is
dedicated to, uses FP extensions to enable forms to work. It is a Pub
issue, though the question would be better posted in the web design
section (which she has done).


I use FP to design/manage several websites. I didn't know Pub had
that capability.

Still, I think the question was better placed in a website-only group.

JMO.

To solve the problem, contact your host and ask how to set up the forms on
the server where the Bots can't get access.
"Mike Koewler" wrote in message
...
Grumpy,

Still, I think the question was better placed in a website-only
group.

I agree. She did post it in the MS Pub web design group, as David F. (the
resident web guru since the other David left) tends to check that group
more frequently - or so it seems.

Mike

Uncle Grumpy wrote:

Mike Koewler wrote:


Maybe you need to take a nap. :-) Pub, you know, the software this NG is
dedicated to, uses FP extensions to enable forms to work. It is a Pub
issue, though the question would be better posted in the web design
section (which she has done).


I use FP to design/manage several websites. I didn't know Pub had
that capability.

Still, I think the question was better placed in a website-only group.

JMO.

If a bot can't get to it, how will legit visitors???

Mike

Charles W Davis wrote:
To solve the problem, contact your host and ask how to set up the forms
on the server where the Bots can't get access.
"Mike Koewler" wrote in message
...

Grumpy,

Still, I think the question was better placed in a website-only
group.

I agree. She did post it in the MS Pub web design group, as David F.
(the resident web guru since the other David left) tends to check that
group more frequently - or so it seems.

Mike

Uncle Grumpy wrote:

Mike Koewler wrote:


Maybe you need to take a nap. :-) Pub, you know, the software this
NG is dedicated to, uses FP extensions to enable forms to work. It
is a Pub issue, though the question would be better posted in the
web design section (which she has done).



I use FP to design/manage several websites. I didn't know Pub had
that capability.

Still, I think the question was better placed in a website-only group.

JMO.