[Web4lib] web forms

[Ranti Junus]

Hi Kerry,

Michigan State University Libraries is using what Tom Dowling called
as "cognitive CAPTCHAs".  So far so good.

http://www2.lib.msu.edu/contact/comments.jsp


ranti.

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On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Kerry Sullivan <kerryasullivan at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have little to no control over our web presence anymore, but we recently
> experienced a massive spamming of all of our online forms for the entire
> organization.  We received thousands of emails overnight from multiple
> forms.  We have since disabled our forms and our web programmer is working
> on creating the forms in Flash.  He is extremely backed up and has not made
> much progress and in the meantime our users do without.
>
> 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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>
> Kerry Sullivan, MLIS
> AHEC Library & IRC
> (Tel) 704.355.3874
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