I ran into this problem recently. To work around it (at least temporarily), I made the form action attribute point to a non-existent page. Then, when the onsubmit event gets fired, I substitute the real action page.
This works because the spammers aren't actually "surfing" the site, so to speak. They appear to be spidering sites, building a list of form fields, and sending an HTTP post to the action page. Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 7:45 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Spammer fills out my order form - how to stop > > This goes in the category of annoyance rather than anything else, but > I have a spammer filling out one of my clients' order forms and > submitting it - does anyon else have this problem? And any > suggestions how I can stop it? > > THe order form will have such gems as "poker" in every field, with the > comments field completed with a whole bunch of html with the visible > part of the url stating something like > http://www.best-deals-texas-hold-em.info/, but the link points to a > non-existent site, ending up at http://www.outreach.psu.edu/g,/. > > It isnt costing us anything and there is no credit card processing on > this form- its all processed manually, but these orders are going into > my clients inbox and into the database as orders, and they have to be > deleted again. It's damned annoying. > > Any else having this? > > I can't imagine what's the point. I'm sure not going to follow > whatever link is there, and I know my 72year old yoga teacher client > isnt. And anyway the links are pointing to non-existent domains. > What is this idiot hoping to gain by submitting this form all the > time? Anyone have any guesses? > > I can nstop the orders processing by just doing some validation that > prevents the word "poker" or stripping out html from the comments > field, but it's only annoyances for us - all the form does is mail the > submitted info to my client and me so I dont really know if it's worth > it just to save a few deletes. > > What do you guys think? > > -- > Cheers > Mike Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > AFP Webworks > http://afpwebworks.com > .com,.net,.org domains from AUD$20/Year > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - New Atlanta http://www.newatlanta.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:187367 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
