[Web4lib] web forms

[Lynn Reynish]

Hi Kerry,

We would second Paul's recommendation of reCAPTCHA. We've implemented this on our Suggest a Purchase form (which gets the most spam, oddly enough) and the spam has dropped to zero.

Good luck,

Lynn


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Lynn Reynish
ILS Librarian
Regina Public Library
lreynish at reginalibrary.ca
-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Paul R. Pival
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 8:41 AM
To: Kerry Sullivan
Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] web forms

reCAPTCHA has worked very well for us since we implemented earlier this
year: http://recaptcha.net/

Plus your users will help with OCR projects while helping to fight the spam :-)

Paul R. Pival
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> I have noticed that there are a number of libraries' websites that
> have these forms.  How do they have them hanging out there and not get
> spammed like we did?  What are we doing wrong?  I welcome any
> suggestions or shared frustration from a similar experience.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Kerry
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