I use a similar process to Akismet, but i connect all my sites to a common "banIPs" table on my central database. Any message or form going from any of my sites is filtered through this table. IF the sender's ip address is on the list, the message/form gets just discarded into the bit-bucket and nothing is given back to the user. (I dont want to be helping spammers by telling them i'm onto them).
If the form/message contains stuff that's in a whole bunch of keywords i keep in another table, or if the message/form fails a battery of other tests (like for example if the name,address,email,subject fields all contain the same content) then the user's ip address is added to the banips table and the response is discarded. This is my own version of what Akismet does. I have about 40 sites all sharing this same system and as time goes along, the list of banned ips is growing, my tests are being refined and tuned, and my spam email content is declining. I dont expect it'll ever get to zero, but it is a fraction of what it was when i started this system. I like my own system, because i can tinker with the tests and optimise them for my own set of circumstances. But i have more than 15,000 ips that cannot send anything to any of these 40 sites now. Once, the guestbook on my radio station site would get about 150 junk responses to each legit response. Now i get maybe 5 junk responses a week to 10-15 legit responses. I strongly urge anyone who wants to deal with spammers/scammers to consider CFFormprotect (which was the basis for my system - i looked at that and adapted it to my own needs). I think it's about the best method of controlling junk coming into your site that doesnt require CAPTCHA. (I hate captcha). Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:51 AM, Gerald Guido<gerald.gu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>.CFFormProtect has akismet capability as well, and might be even better > at stopping comment spam > > Even better. Thanx. > > Actually I started Rick Rolling comment spammers on my blog. It has been > very effective (and fun) ;) > > G! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325761 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
