>>it appears my addcomments.cfm page has become indexed in google. usually this page is only accessed when a user goes clicks a link from the articles.cfm page.
Then, if the address of this page is in a <A tag, any robot will follow it. If it is accessed through a form, normally Google should not open it, but bad bots have no shame. >>so... because of the endless spam we are currently getting, i am assuming the spambots are going directly to the addcomment page? Yes, and they fill the form with garbage and submit it? >>now, i had an idea - what if on the addcomment page, i test that the user has come from the articles page using CGI.HTTP_referrer?? The referrer is not always supplied, even by well behaving browsers, so it is not a good idea. Many sites use images with some blured characters that only human eye can read and the visitor is asked to enter what he sees in a field. -- _______________________________________ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:293338 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
