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Massive Spam - 2.3.2  XML
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willthing
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Joined: 26/04/2005 21:45:58
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Our guestbook is getting slammed with spam. We've implimented the fixes listed on this page but more keeps coming.

Any ideas / tips on how to stop this? We will need to pull the plug if we can't fix it.
Carbonize
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Joined: 12/06/2003 19:26:08
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Which anti spam methods have you implemented?

Human Verification is the best mix between simplicity and effectiveness

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I am not the maker of the Advanced Guestbook

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amber222
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Joined: 07/05/2004 21:13:07
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In addition to implementing the anti-spam methods, I think it is a good idea to edit the language file and re-phrase the terms that spammers and hackers search for, like "here you can leave your mark." I like to make all of the wording unique for each site. Also, keep the guestbook from being indexed by the search engines by adding a line to the robots.txt file:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /guestbook/
Carbonize
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It's usually the text from the footer they search for Advanced Guestbook.

Carbonize
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