Mike..... you're trying to see logic in the actions of those whose brains don't work like that... they have a warped idea of fun and many issues :-)
-----Original Message----- From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 9:05 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Spammer fills out my order form - how to stop Its more a puzzle for me than anythign else. What do spammers think they will gain by filling out online forms with 'poker" "poker" 'poker" "Poker" "poker" and links to non-existent sites? I dont need to hassle with captcha stuff - that's only going to make it harder for legitimate customers to order - we can continue to delete delete delete, or I can easily set up a validation routine that for example if #form.field1#=#form.field2#=#form.field3#=#form.field4# etc then dont process the order. But what's the point for the spammer of doing it? Even if i wanted to throw away some money on a ripoff online gambling, I couldnt from this because the sites dont exist. WTF?? Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com .com,.net,.org domains from AUD$20/Year On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 05:32:37 -0800, Joe Rinehart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Rick, > > It's called a CAPTCHA. Doug Hughes at www.alagad.com has a pretty > cheap CFC that generates CAPTCHA images, or there's the low-fi way of > doing it: premake 100 or so of your own in photoshop. > > -joe > > > On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 08:03:47 -0500, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Try to buy tickets on ticketmaster.com - that's how you stop robots from > > filling out your forms. > > > > I'm not sure how to do it in coldfusion though. There have been about a > > billion threads on it... the technique even has a name I think. > > > > But your real users might find it annoying, so there is a trade-off. > > > > - Rick > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - CFDynamics http://www.cfdynamics.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:187194 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
