Posted by dcastro on March 26, 2010 at 2:12pm
| Project: | Signup |
| Version: | 6.x-1.0-rc6 |
| Component: | Miscellaneous |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
Issue Summary
We have implemented the signup module on our website for event registrations. All users on our website are anonymous. We are seeing a large number of spam signups for our events (i.e. more than 10 per day). Any suggestions on how to limit this? I would prefer to address this without using a CAPTCHA. For example, I understand there are some techniques with using hidden fields that often can detect spam signups.
Comments
#1
I should have stated this in my original post, but I am willing to pay for this feature. Thanks.
#2
Taking inspiration from http://www.isegura.es/blog/stop-spam-your-site-being-invisible-honeytrap... I've added a text field to the Signup form, hidden by CSS, and assumes that all spambots will fill out every text input field in a form. If the 'Honeypot' field is not left blank, then the Signup is rejected.
Just unzip the attachment (an incredibly small module), place somewhere in your /sites/all/modules directory and enable. No other settings necessary
#3
Thanks Rob for sharing, and thanks also for linking to my blog.
Please notice, if you need some extra "bang" to stop those SPAMmers, I also detailed another (very simp`le) method:
http://www.isegura.es/blog/stop-spam-your-site-being-slow-flood-control-...
#4
arrrgh - love the idea! I'll take a look later