XF 2.2 Contact Form Spam

[THL]

I'm getting a lot of spam direct from the forum contact form , how do I stop this it is lots of porn spam ?

I've checked for any settings to control this on the contact form and cannot find anything...

Thanks

 

[Paul B]

The captcha applies to the contact form for guests - ensure you have one set.

 

[Ozzy47]

My paid addon will completely stop the spam bots hitting that form,

[OzzModz] Contact Us Spaminator

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[djbaxter]

I'm getting a lot of spam direct from the forum contact form , how do I stop this it is lots of porn spam ?

I've checked for any settings to control this on the contact form and cannot find anything...

This is happening to all forums lately. It's bveen true ever since the COVID lockdowns started and the pace has really stepped up in the past couple of months.

The same thing is happening to spambot registrations.

 

[Rhodium]

Try hCaptcha, almost 0 spam in contact form since i changed from recaptcha v2.

 

[MapleOne]

The captcha applies to the contact form for guests - ensure you have one set.

Thanks for that, I was getting almost a dozen a day until I activated this.

 

[AndyB]

You might like this add-on:

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/contact-us-manager.8253/

 

[MapleOne]

You might like this add-on:

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/contact-us-manager.8253/

HeHe of course Andy from XF2 Addons is going to have a solution

I am a client of yours AndyB and if the captcha does not work I will install this for sure.