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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 |
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Junk messages comimg via my website form Please help
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 |
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Junk messages comimg via my website form Please help
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. |
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Junk messages comimg via my website form Please help
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. |
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Junk messages comimg via my website form Please help
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. |
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Junk messages comimg via my website form Please help
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. |
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Junk messages comimg via my website form Please help
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. |
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Junk messages comimg via my website form Please help
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. |
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Junk messages comimg via my website form Please help
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. |
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Junk messages comimg via my website form Please help
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. |
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