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  • June 13, 2018 at 8:48 pm #972463
    kynologisch

    Hey there,
    so, like for many others, the Enfold contact form lets in some spammers. Sometimes 5, sometimes 20. Today and until this moment the number raised to over 1200 spammails within 12 hours! It is basically impossible to work.

    We have updated everything, wordpress, enfold, all plugins. We have captcha activated. And thanks to GDPR we cannot use Googles ReCaptcha afaik.

    Is there any way you can help me to get this contact form secured? I am sick and tired of all this russian spam.

    Thanks and cheers!

    June 13, 2018 at 9:04 pm #972467
    Dude

    Hi kynologisch!
    Unfortunately there’s no other reliable solution to block spam. I’d recommend to activate Google Recapcha again and to add some information to your privacy policy. Because I assume you run a German website I searched the popular https://datenschutz-generator.de/ for a recaptcha text snippet and found it (go to “Social Media, Tools und fremde Inhalte” > “Nutzen Sie das ReCaptcha von Google zwecks Erkennung von Bots?” for the text snippet).

    Best regards,
    Peter

    June 13, 2018 at 9:09 pm #972472
    kynologisch

    Thanks, Dude!
    In order to use Recapcha I have to switch to Contact Form 7, is that correct? (Sorry, I can’t even research right now, because I’m too busy deleting spam…)

    June 13, 2018 at 9:23 pm #972479
    Dude

    Hi,
    Yes because the default Enfold contact form does not support recaptcha. If you want to use it with contact form 7 you can follow the instructions here: https://contactform7.com/recaptcha/

    Personally I use Formidable on my websites but it’s not necessary for simple forms.

    Best regards,
    Dude

    June 13, 2018 at 9:35 pm #972488
    kynologisch

    Thanks again. I’ll try that tomorrow – for today there’s only some hysterical crying on the to do list… (1243 spams and counting).

    June 13, 2018 at 10:17 pm #972514
    kynologisch

    I found the little f***er!!!

    So here’s what I did: We had this really old, kind of prehistoric Enfold contact form on our website… I guess, we created the page more than 2.5 years ago. I deactived the page now… no spam anymore. I’ll create a new contact form tomorrow and add the new page to the menu – for tonight, I’m done and happy. :)

    Thanks again for your help!

    June 14, 2018 at 9:44 am #972722
    Rikard

    Hi,

    Great, glad you found the problem and thanks for sharing what you did. Please let us know if you should need any further help on the topic.

    Best regards,
    Rikard

    June 14, 2018 at 9:48 am #972724
    kynologisch

    Good morning,
    no – the nightmare ended with these 1272 spams in 18 hours. I deleted the old contact page this morning and set up a new one. No spam so far. I guess, this thread can be closed. :)

    Have a nice weekend y’all!

    June 15, 2018 at 6:53 am #973109
    Rikard

    Hi,

    Great, thanks for the feedback. I’ll close this thread for now then, please open a new thread if you should have any further questions or problems.

    Best regards,
    Rikard

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