BLOCK Spam IPS? - Post ID 243592

Jan 21st, 2015 at 12:22 PM
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Alldaron Knewitz
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How do we block a certain spamming IP address, I received 407 form submissions yesterday from same BS ip.
Jan 21st, 2015 at 12:29 PM
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Scott Swedorski
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That would be something you do at the server level. Contact your hosting provider and they may be able to help you set that up.
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Jan 21st, 2015 at 01:39 PM
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Alldaron Knewitz
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Hello Scott,

Thank you for your reply. I did an IP block server side, but was just curious if this was possible from inside the app.
Another question, is there a way to require the email address be real? The spams came from @noemail.tst
Seems if that could be added to the out-put code as pre-send check would help some.

Thanks!
Alldaron
Jan 21st, 2015 at 03:14 PM
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Are you using any form of CAPTCHA ?
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Jan 21st, 2015 at 06:08 PM
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Alldaron Knewitz
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No, hadn't implemented that.
Jan 21st, 2015 at 07:18 PM
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Steve
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That works the best. I use it on all my forms and get 0 spam from them now.
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Jan 21st, 2015 at 08:01 PM
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Alldaron Knewitz
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Thanks Steve, will add that to my forms... I appreciate the input...
After all was said and done, in the span of 4 hours, they sent a total of just under 845 BS emails [all from same IP].
That's just a bit excessive.
Jan 21st, 2015 at 08:15 PM
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Jo Rice
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You can also log into your cPanel or equivalent (if you have access to this) and block the IP's in there as well, that helps so they can't mess with you at all even if they do figure out how to get past the captcha :)
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Jan 21st, 2015 at 08:35 PM
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Alldaron Knewitz
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Yes, thank you Jo Ann, I blocked those certain IPs server side this morning.
:D
Jan 21st, 2015 at 08:37 PM
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Scott Swedorski
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I firmly believe that these people should be dipped in peanut butter and then fed to a group of rabid beavers... ;-)
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