I used to get so many spam messages in my comments approval list, using Mollom I get none.

but make sure that it does not irritates genuine users by blocking their features/privillages , i hate writing posts on groups.drupal.org because it often triggers spam controller and blocks me from submitting my posts there.

Everyone gets these, and the volume gets worse as time goes on and botnets and such grow larger. They are just spambots, it is not anyone targetting you.

Without adding CAPTCHA, or Mollum, or Akismet, or any of the other tools available to block automated submissions, you will eventually drown in the spam.

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Torben Vanselow sales@idealcctv.co.ukwrote:

Dear Tony,

I get very similar fake submissions from my enquiry form,

Additionally I had very similar forum postings, which I had to delete hourly until I finally changed the permissions.

I am suspecting some competitor. Or have you ever used a link-building service and not paid them due to violation of terms?

I am trying to find out who they are - Any hints welcome!

Kind Regards,

Mr. Torben C.F. Vanselow Executive Sales Manager - Ideal CCTV

T: 0800 043 27 40 F: 0800 066 40 49 E: management@idealcctv.co.uk W: http://www.idealcctv.co.uk

-----Original Message----- From: support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Tony Crockford Sent: 06 December 2008 10:50 To: support@drupal.org Subject: [support] spam?

I regularly get these:

zlmafgbcfa sent a message using the contact form at http://www.workalone.co.uk/contact .

UPg7R6 <a href="http://uhduypepbxzs.com/">uhduypepbxzs</a>, [url=http://vqzynqgrgnym.com/ ]vqzynqgrgnym[/url], [link=http://xnxxterbeogm.com/%5Dxnxxterbeogm%5B/http://xnxxterbeogm.com/%5Dxnxxterbeogm%5B/ link], http://jopblpdvuamw.com/

obviously the random letters change.

is it a spam bot?

or something broken?

TIA for your thoughts

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I get hundreds of these a day - i cant tell if its a bot because they choose different categories in the subject each time. It's too bad Mollom can't tie into this form.

Torben Vanselow wrote:

Dear Tony,

I get very similar fake submissions from my enquiry form,

Additionally I had very similar forum postings, which I had to delete hourly until I finally changed the permissions.

I am suspecting some competitor. Or have you ever used a link-building service and not paid them due to violation of terms?

I am trying to find out who they are - Any hints welcome!

Kind Regards,

Mr. Torben C.F. Vanselow Executive Sales Manager - Ideal CCTV

T: 0800 043 27 40 F: 0800 066 40 49 E: management@idealcctv.co.uk W: http://www.idealcctv.co.uk

-----Original Message----- From: support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Tony Crockford Sent: 06 December 2008 10:50 To: support@drupal.org Subject: [support] spam?

I regularly get these:

zlmafgbcfa sent a message using the contact form at http://www.workalone.co.uk/contact .

UPg7R6 <a href="http://uhduypepbxzs.com/">uhduypepbxzs</a>, [url=http://vqzynqgrgnym.com/ ]vqzynqgrgnym[/url], [link=http://xnxxterbeogm.com/%5Dxnxxterbeogm%5B/ link], http://jopblpdvuamw.com/

obviously the random letters change.

is it a spam bot?

or something broken?

TIA for your thoughts