[TYPO3] newbie: I get loads of spam in my guestbook and contact form...

[L. Kuhlmann]

or these two extensions
  - freeCap CAPTCHA
  - Captcha Library

I didn't try them, but there are some typo sides using CAPTCHA to 
prevent spam

Lars

Martin schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm a newbie - never got really good a using typo3 due to lack of time, 
> but I installed it it works okay (not too good, though). My problem: I 
> have been ignoring that I often get a lot of stupid "Contact me" request 
> like:
> 
> NAME    karloffb at aol.com
> EMAIL    backroom at bellatlantic.net
> TV    1
> ADDRESS   
> 
> In my inbox... What I didn't know before yesterday, was that somebody is 
> probably also spamming my guest-book. I guess he (or perhaps there are 
> more?) made a script and you can see the result on my website:
> 
> http://martinjoergensen.dk/29/ (or click -> Amusement -> Guestbook)
> 
> There are 1174 entries in the guestbook - much of them is advertising 
> for viagra and cialis, so you can't be in doubt that this is really spam 
> of the worst kind... Is it possible to see the ip-address of who makes 
> these entries?
> 
> What should I do about this problem? Remove the guestbook and the 
> contact form? Is there any way to avoid this? I hoped I could have a 
> guest-book without having such a problem...
> 
> I would like to see a statistic of many visitors I got, but I can't even 
> figure out how to do that... So: Any input is greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Martin