Comments on: Stopping spambots cold with Botblocker https://dfarq.homeip.net/stopping-spambots-cold-with-botblocker/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stopping-spambots-cold-with-botblocker David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sat, 24 Nov 2018 14:05:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave Farquhar https://dfarq.homeip.net/stopping-spambots-cold-with-botblocker/#comment-31287 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:01:41 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=6283#comment-31287 I ended up settling on the Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin. It uses Javascript to generate a checkbox on the client side, which most spambots won’t be able to check. The fancier plugins all failed to work on my installation.

I know using Javascript will make some people unhappy, but it’s the least painful option I can find right now that actually solves part of the problem.

]]> By: Dave Farquhar https://dfarq.homeip.net/stopping-spambots-cold-with-botblocker/#comment-31263 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:38:35 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=6283#comment-31263 That was a disappointment. It blocked spam famously, but blocked all comments when I tried to comment using IE9. Since I couldn’t get the plugin to work with IE9, I didn’t even bother testing other browsers. I had to disable the plugin.

I like the idea of blocking spam better than processing it, so I’ll investigate further. But the problem definitely isn’t solved, unfortunately.

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