Posted by badkneecap on November 7, 2012 at 2:40pm
I have a site where I allow users to register. A message goes to the admin and they have to accept them before they can use the website. This is pretty standard and works just fine. However, lately when I look in the "Users" section, I get dozens of requests each day that contain junk (SPAM). I recently added reCAPTCHA to the bottom fo the form. I tested and it seems to be working just fine. When I logout and try registering myself, I have to enter the CAPTCHA, so I know it's working. And it's not an easy one to read, so I'm positive the SPAM bots are not decyphering them. So, what else can it be? How can I stop all these junk emails from coming in?
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Url's site to view chaptcha
Url's site to view chaptcha working?
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9-to-1 odds you're wrong on this, unfortunately. These days, bots are better at solving captcha than humans, and there are lots of spamming tools around - just google 'decaptcher'.
Just my tuppence, but captcha has turned into an arms race that might well be an evolutionary dead end, just like Neanderthal man. Things like http://drupal.org/project/botcha and http://drupal.org/project/honeypot seem way more promising.
You can use antispam module.
You can use antispam module.
Mother May I
It might not fit your use case, but Mother May I is pretty effect when it's appropriate.
If you're letting complete strangers register, it probably isn't for you. But if your intended users are from a limited community, it might work.
Mollom is your friend
I've had great luck with Mollom, both for account spam and for comment spam.
It's well integrated with Drupal, as Dries is one of the people behind it, and there's a free level of service that you can use if you don't have massive amounts of traffic.
I've got it on a dozen sites now, and it's astonishing how much spam it catches.
By the way CAPTCHA is no longer adequate, as a previous poster noted.
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