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  • November 27, 2018 at 9:36 pm #224640
    adamdr
    Member

    HI I have a real estate website set up. http://www.adamdocktor.com

    I'm getting so much spam through my newsletter sign up, that I even took the widget off my page. I"m still getting it.

    I'm not very savy with wordpress so i'm not sure what to do next. I"m getting so many emails. Its either bunch of mumbo jumbo or a an email handle.

    What do I do ?

    http://www.adamdocktor.com
    November 28, 2018 at 3:08 am #224647
    Victor Font
    Moderator

    Install and antispam plugin like AntiSpam Bee.

    Regards,

    Victor
    https://victorfont.com/
    Call us toll free: 844-VIC-FONT (842-3668)
    Have you requested your free website audit yet?

    November 28, 2018 at 8:39 am #224657
    MT1895
    Participant

    You have no captcha plugin to challenge the person submitting the comment via your CONTACT Us form (I went to your site) so of course you are "still" getting TONS of Spam mail.

    As Victor Font suggested, you may have great success with AntiSpam Bee who doesn't use a captcha scheme. I prefer to use reCaptcha on my forms. I haven't received any Spam in over three years since installing it coupled with Wordfence (which is free but I use the paid version for complete protection).

    In addition, I have also turned on the Spam blocker that comes with my hosting account in my cPanel so I do see Spam email in my Spam folder and they are indeed "SPAM".

    So go ahead and install a Spam blocker plugin and then put your Newsletter widget back on your site. If you decide to use a reCaptcha then you must install the [shortcode] on BOTH - your CONTACT US form AND newsletter widget (It's easy and just one line of code between the [brackets].

    I wish you well.

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