Guest Logbook

J

JCO

Can someone tell how to solve this issue. I have a guestbook that seems to
always get crap written in it. You know, an entry gets put in for a porn
link or someone uses bad language. I don't think it is anybody on the team
(soccer website) but some how these entries get in.

I have it set to email me when any entry is made. If it is in bad taste, I
will remove it or copy the last version of the guestbook to the server.

Is this all I can do?
 
T

Tom Pepper Willett

It's all you can do short of having your host block IP addresses at the
server or firewall. But, this would be a constant effort.
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| Can someone tell how to solve this issue. I have a guestbook that seems
to
| always get crap written in it. You know, an entry gets put in for a porn
| link or someone uses bad language. I don't think it is anybody on the
team
| (soccer website) but some how these entries get in.
|
| I have it set to email me when any entry is made. If it is in bad taste,
I
| will remove it or copy the last version of the guestbook to the server.
|
| Is this all I can do?
|
|
 
M

Mike Gora

JCO,

you may want to look at my thread on the same issue, which happens to be
just above yours on the discussion board. I think we have some possible
solutions lined up.

Mike Gora
 
J

JCO

I can't look at a thread above. I pulled this from Outlook Express.
Can you give me a title?
 
M

Mike Gora

The title is "How can I forbid hyperlinks in FrontPage Guestbook entries?"
but the dialog has expanded to cover various solutions to guestbook spamming.

Mike
 
J

JCO

Thanks I've read it. Sounds like a popular issue, but what I've read are
post that are kicking around ideas. No solution yet. I will check this
post again.
 
M

Mike Gora

JCO,

after some of the responses hinted at spambots, it occurred to me that they
are probably just looking for the page "guestbook.htm". So I just did a "Save
As" to rename my guestbook.htm to a different name, and then changed the
original guestbook.htm to a 2-line page requiring an additional click to get
to the new guestbook. With that simple change, I have not gotten spam entries
in my guestbook for ten days now, and that is a one-year record.

You could probably do even better by simply eliminating the page
guestbook.htm altogether and just using the new name, but I have a
complicated reason for not doing that. I'd be glad to explain in a private
email.

Mike
 
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