Debugging output
Query: { SearchIndexType: , LuceneQuery: +(-majorVersion:6 -majorVersion:7 +(nodeName:spam^20000.0 body:spam^5000.0 tags:spam^20000.0 keywords:spam^20000.0 nodeName:spam^10000.0 body:spam^50.0 nodeName:spam*^1000.0 body:spam* nodeName:spam~0.9^0.1 body:spam~0.9^0.1)) }
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Spam

Forum / Spam
Created: July 21, 2014 - Last update: July 21, 2014
I see lots of spam in the umbraco forum today ???yes
Anti spam

Forum / Anti spam
Created: September 02, 2014 - Last update: September 02, 2014
Hello, Is it possible to enable spam protection to Contour forms? We currently get around 60 e-mails per day, and more than half of those are spam. Is it possible to activate a spam filter?
Spam / Security

Created: January 25, 2012 - Last update: February 14, 2012
Hi, I am currently having spam entries through a Pliable form. Since just a client side WebService call is done to submit a form, it seems to be easy to generate spam entries for attackers, and also a captcha won't help (or won't be possible at). Any guess? Is there a way to avoid spam submits?? Bes…
Source of spam

Forum / Source of spam
Created: November 09, 2014 - Last update: November 10, 2014
I'm getting nailed with a bunch of spam messages from our website, but I can't determine where they are coming from. I have recaptcha added. What is strange is that the spam messages have different "Subject" lines and different fields in the email. Here is an example of a Spam: Subject:&…
spam projects

Forum / spam projects
Created: April 07, 2011 - Last update: April 08, 2011
i think that packages should be approved by admin/mvp before they're being published to prevent spam/incomplete projects that says "coming soon"what do you think?I've been dreaming a bit about this (yes, it's scary!). And I've had the same thought as Kim...if people have a killer package they would…
SPAM protection

Forum / SPAM protection
Created: May 23, 2011 - Last update: September 19, 2011
Hi On the Contour page - http://umbraco.com/products/more-add-ons/contour it says "It is also easy to implement anti SPAM systems such as Akismet or Mollom in Contour, which ensure that your visitors won't be bugged by Captcha fields." However I can't find any documentation on how to impl…
Our Umbraco Spam Post

Forum / Our Umbraco Spam Post
Created: January 13, 2015 - Last update: January 15, 2015
Sorry for posting in the Using Umbraco 7 Forum but this is a meta post and I could not find a section to post this. Maybe Our Umbraco is operating on Umbraco 7 and I scored. If not admins, please feel to recategorize. Just browsing around issues and noticed a spam post and no idea how to flag it. Sp…
Spam websites blocklist

Forum / Spam websites blocklist
Created: April 08, 2015 - Last update: April 08, 2015
I have a question regarding spam websites like semalt.com, social-buttons.com, etc. Does anyone have experience in using blacklists with Umbraco and/or IIS ?A client have requested a way to have multiple spam websites blocked - and not by adding them manually in IIS one-by-one.
Spam Protection Captcha

Forum / Spam Protection Captcha
Created: August 23, 2012 - Last update: August 23, 2012
Hello, I am using the spam protection plugin. But everytime i insert the Captcha the form is not submitted anymore If i remove the Captcha it works
Post still marked as SPAM

Forum / Post still marked as SPAM
Created: April 11, 2016 - Last update: April 11, 2016
How long will my post be marked as SPAM for? https://our.umbraco.org/forum/umbraco-7/developing-umbraco-7-packages/46897-PropertyEditor-for-Select-Input-Field#comment-244468 Dennis, thank you so much for the fast turn around. Much appreciated, have a great day!Hi Dekian, I am sorry that you post…
Forum post marked as spam??

Website utilities / Packages / Community
Created: February 18, 2016 - Last update: November 14, 2017
Hello, Just wondering why my forum post was marked as spam? https://our.umbraco.org/forum/developers/razor//75190-partial-view-macro-not-rendering-properlyI've actually had a legitimate post marked as spam for the last few weeks. The first time I've posted in the forum and it seems to be a topic…
Stopping spam posts

Forum / Stopping spam posts
Created: December 03, 2014 - Last update: December 03, 2014
Hi Folks, After some advice really, we've got a legacy site thats running Contour v1.11.1 and for the last few weeks its been posting muliple spam posts and I was after the best way of stopping/filtering these spam comments? I've tried creating a hidden field which if populated would stop the postin…
Post attachments and spam protection

Forum / Post attachments and spam protection
Created: December 02, 2011 - Last update: December 02, 2011
Hi. We are looking into moving from YAF to nForum and, although the features list is more limited, we really like the easy integration with Umbraco. However, one of out client's requirement is attaching files to posts. Are there any plans of creating this feature in the near future? An…
Using Aksimet spam

Created: August 14, 2012 - Last update: August 15, 2012
Is there more to using Aksimet spamfilter than adding a API Key in Spam settings tab? It doesn't seem to work. Is there a .dll that also should på added?Can you paste the exact email, message text etc. I'd like to run a test. Correct, now I actually found the Joel.Akismet.dll. It's insta…
anti spam comments

Forum / anti spam comments
Created: June 13, 2012 - Last update: July 17, 2012
hi! im noob in umbraco but i want to know this CMS! I have a question, how i can make anti spam function for uComment? Add text box and hide it and then check it, if not epty then this is spam and dont post this comment,but i dont know how to using xslt, im using php,not .NET ASP( PLEASE, HELP ME! P…
Umbraco Forms spam

Forum / Umbraco Forms spam
Created: September 30, 2019 - Last update: December 11, 2020
We're using Umbraco forms 6.0.2 on Umbraco 7.6.3 Our forms are using the Google recaptcha but we have recently started getting loads of spam on the forms Does anyone have any suggestions for blocking the spam please? Has anyone had experience with recaptcha 3 on Umbraco Forms?Does Recaptcha still…
Recaptcha Invisible - Spam

Forum / Recaptcha Invisible - Spam
Created: August 31, 2020 - Last update: August 31, 2020
I implemented the invisible captcha which gets the response token and client-side verifies passing the response and the secret key and gets a pass/fail response. If use a wrong key it, correctly, fails but spam is still coming through. A lot of posts seem to suggest the invisible captcha isnt reli…
Post marked as spam?

Forum / Post marked as spam?
Created: January 17, 2014 - Last update: January 19, 2014
I posted a question last night that was marked as spam that needed to be reviewed. Could one of the moderators please approve it? Thanks.Thanks. Looks like both of these are now approved. Take care.Sorry, found it, apologies for the late review, I missed the email about this.I can't find any o…
reCAPTCHA to Contour spam protection

Forum / reCAPTCHA to Contour spam protection
Created: February 23, 2015 - Last update: February 23, 2015
Hello, Contour includes the built-in functionality of spam prevention. Is there a possibility to add option whether the user has the possibility to change appearance of reCAPTCHA? Google has different versions of reCAPTCHA and built in "old looking" text box is difficult to use forr many users https…
contact form spam

Forum / contact form spam
Created: December 19, 2018 - Last update: December 19, 2018
G'day Umbraco community, I have a clients website that I host, The client insisted on Umbraco and I have no clue about it and am learning on the fly, they are been spammed on the contact form at an alarming rate, what is the best and easiest way to curb the spam they receive ? The site uses a Uskinn…
Old forum spam links

Forum / Old forum spam links
Created: June 19, 2013 - Last update: June 19, 2013
I have some topics in the old forum http://forum.umbraco.org/ that have just had a load of spam links added to the end from a user. I'm getting a lot of emails like the one below - could one of the core team take a look and disable the old accounts or something? A new message…
Increase in spam posts

Forum / Increase in spam posts
Created: June 07, 2013 - Last update: June 26, 2013
Hi all Starting this post because we're unfortunately seeing an increase in spam on this lovely forum. I had a Twitter chat with Morten Bock, Dirk De Grave and Richard Soeteman about what we could try to do, to decrease the amount of spam. But I realised 140 chars is just not enough...hence this pos…
Spam blocking using UrlRewriting

Forum / Spam blocking using UrlRewriting
Created: June 26, 2015 - Last update: June 26, 2015
Hi Is it possible to do spam blocking in UrlRewriting.config? I've done it previously in web.config which is fine and works but I'd like to develop something so that my client can update this in Umbraco and it update the UrlRewriting.config file. ThanksHi Jan, Thanks, I'll download it and see wha…
Inundated with spam notifications ......

Forum / Inundated with spam notifications ......
Created: July 25, 2015 - Last update: July 25, 2015
Unfortunately I've had to turn off our email notifications as recent levels of spam are making my inbox unuseable. :-( Has Umbraco forum now reached a critical mass where by it is time for some recaptcha on the forum, or moderation?Your chinese/japanese must be better than mine.. I couldn't make he…
Spam Comments not appearing on dashboard

Created: August 16, 2011 - Last update: August 31, 2011
Hi, When a user submits a comment and that comment is marked as spam by akismet that comment is not appearing on dashboard. However I can see the comment as an unpublished document under relevant post.Is there a solution for this?Also if there is way to view the code for the dashboard I c…
Umbraco Forms spam issue

Forum / Umbraco Forms spam issue
Created: November 10, 2020 - Last update: November 27, 2020
We have have the latest Umbraco forms and a few versions down on a number of Umbraco 8 sites. We also have version 7 sites. In the last few weeks our agency have been hit with many of our clients reporting spam issues. Every form being spammed has reCaptcha installed and we are not able to submit…
A few suggestions about spam and more

Forum / A few suggestions about spam and more
Created: November 07, 2011 - Last update: July 13, 2012
How about allowing users to flag forum entries as spam. Also - allow all users to suggest moving topics to other forum. /JesperThanks Rob, much appreciated. I've removed those spam posts. I'll ask the HQ guys about the best place to put a message - as there isn't any stickies functionality on…
Always Mark as spam - Email Notification

Created: February 01, 2011 - Last update: February 01, 2011
Hi Guys, I've implemented the always mark as spam approach to commenting and added a custom dashboard item for the blog. I was wondering if this always mark as spam checker would be a good place to notify the admin a new comment has arrived. I read this post on notifications but becaus…
Does the spam filter actually work?

Created: July 21, 2010 - Last update: July 21, 2010
I am still testing the blog 4 Umbraco 4.5 and I am not sure whether the spam filter is working. I got an askimet key and entered it in the blog settings. Then I tested "bad" words but nothing was bloged. Is there a config setting for comments not being automatically approved?Well, I got one step fur…
How best to resolve form spam?

Forum / How best to resolve form spam?
Created: September 24, 2009 - Last update: September 24, 2009
Hiya all,I am currently getting alot of comment form spam on my blog currently and I was wondering what is the BEST way to combat this. Appologies if this not entirely relevent to Umbraco, but I wanted to discuss this topic with other Umbraco developers to see how they are solving this. So I am awar…
nForum 1.5 spam error message

Forum / nForum 1.5 spam error message
Created: March 05, 2015 - Last update: March 09, 2015
Hi :-) I'm stuck on a support case with Umbraco 4.8 and nForum 1.5. The site has been running fine for a long time and has not been updated or changed. When an administrator of the site tries to add 3-4 new users to the forum, nForum suddently gives the following error message: Anyone has a clue ?,…
Stop negative Karma, introduce Spam?

Forum / Stop negative Karma, introduce Spam?
Created: July 28, 2009 - Last update: August 05, 2009
Hi, I just wanted to discuss the negative karma solution as it is atm. After the flame war I thought about the neagtive Karma thing.It can be abused very easily (I too have downvoted Bills posts) and it is a dangerous tool. So what should the goal be of a negative karma? Something like mark this pos…
Captcha or other anti-spam needed for Blog

Created: June 20, 2012 - Last update: June 20, 2012
Noticed that the Blog element of this start up kit has built in support for Anti-Spam namely the "Auto-Delete Spam" option and the Akismet built in support. I've had the "Auto-Delete Spam" option turned on and still getting countless spam comments (thankfully I have the setting enabled so that I hav…
Lot of Spam entries coming from - http://tinyurl.com/

Forum / Lot of Spam entries coming from - http://tinyurl.com/
Created: January 22, 2021 - Last update: February 01, 2021
Lot of spam entries from http://tinyurl.com/ are coming through to umbraco form, how can we block these entries or submissions.Hello Prasad, Try to use reCAPTCHA in form The reCAPTCHA part of your contact form is where site visitors click to prove they’re human when submitting your form. This will b…
topic has been automatically marked as spam.

Forum / topic has been automatically marked as spam.
Created: March 20, 2014 - Last update: March 20, 2014
Hi I have started a topic in Razor section and in the mean while i got this problem Sorry if we're causing you any inconvenience but this topic has been automatically marked as spam. A moderator has been notified and will evaluate the validity of your topic. When this topic has been marked as c…
Problem with Spam Report Form template (v1.5)

Forum / Problem with Spam Report Form template (v1.5)
Created: March 08, 2012 - Last update: March 08, 2012
Using nForum 1.5 on an Umbraco 4.7.1.1 installation. (Windows Server 2008 with IIS 7.5) I'm getting an issue on the Spam Report page where text content from another node (root home page) is showing up above the forum header and spam form. The inheriting templates do not even reference the alias of t…
Post Still Flagged As Spam 1 Week Later

PDF Thumbnails / Backoffice extensions / Packages / Community
Created: March 08, 2016 - Last update: March 08, 2016
Hi. I raised a bug/query a week ago titled: "**Can't use SEOChecker on doc type located under a folder in Umbraco 7.4.1**" but it still has the following message present: "*Sorry if we're causing you any inconvenience but this topic has been automatically marked as spam. A moderator has been notif…
Contour e-mails are filtered as spam by Gmail

Forum / Contour e-mails are filtered as spam by Gmail
Created: April 01, 2014 - Last update: April 01, 2014
We have recently become aware of the fact that GMail is likely to consider e-mails without a message id in the header as spam. It appears that it is fairly common practise for the receiving SMTP server to add the id if it is missing, but our hosting provider don't and they are not inclined to turn t…
Separating spam comments (tagged from akismet) from normal ones

Created: April 26, 2012 - Last update: June 05, 2012
First of all, many thanks for the great component! I have setup akismet with my uBlogsy blog and I'm experimenting with the 'auto delete spam' option. When I have it enabled, the spam comments are automatically deleted (which is the expected behaviour) and when it is not, I find myself flooded with…
Delete post and report spam links point to files that don't exist

Forum / Delete post and report spam links point to files that don't exist
Created: March 18, 2013 - Last update: December 13, 2013
I'm a little confused by this one! nForum 1.5 If spam reporting is enabled then you can see a link to report a post as spam. This points to a file /spamreport.aspx?p=nodeIdOfPost. Also the Delete link (if you are the author of the post) similarly points to a file /deletepost.aspx that does not exist…
Notification Spam

Forum / Notification Spam
Created: June 14, 2011 - Last update: June 21, 2011
Is anyone else getting tons of emails remininding them to mark posts as answered? I received 24 email in about 5 hours last night regarding a single post that did not have a solved answer. This should be resolved on friday.. If you are still receiving more than one notification per…
Kitchen spam test

Forum / Kitchen spam test
Created: June 28, 2013 - Last update: June 28, 2013
Budget Kitchen Units For Sale In Leeds www.kitchendesign1.co.uk Best budget for kitchen units, only £595 including appliances. Tel 01616 694785. Budget Kitchen Units For Sale In Leeds __________________________ [url=www.kitchenunitssale.co.uk]Budget Kitchen Un…
Error when spam is detected.

Created: November 08, 2012 - Last update: November 19, 2012
Hi Anthony, I found that in the latest source the vwSpam view is missing runat="server". <asp:View ID="vwSpam"> This means that the following code will cause an error in the HandleRedirects function. mvForm.ActiveViewIndex = 4; Simply fixed by adding runat="server" though. On a side note when…
U4.10 ASP.NET Trace spam

Forum / U4.10 ASP.NET Trace spam
Created: November 12, 2012 - Last update: November 16, 2012
I am using the following code to render inline razor c# macro. After upgrade to U4.10, every macro content follow with an asp.net trace. I am still using master page, no MVC template yet. Also, is it (&umbDebugShowTrace=true) still working on U4.10? @if (Model.HasValue("BodyTe…
Spam Links on Site

Forum / Spam Links on Site
Created: April 23, 2012 - Last update: April 23, 2012
I've had links like the posted below on our Umbraco site. I've never had it happen personally, but a few of our user have. Does anybody know why these would appear? Thanks,
Various comment & anti-spam features

Created: September 29, 2012 - Last update: October 31, 2012
Hey, I'm working on extending out uBlogsy to support Disqus comments, via both the front and back-office, and alternatives to Akismet, cause of the non-commercial clause. TypePad have a service called AntiSpam, which is completely free (including for commercial purposes), and matches all the API sig…
How To Disable Contour Spam Protection?

Forum / How To Disable Contour Spam Protection?
Created: April 23, 2010 - Last update: April 26, 2010
It seems like contour is doing a good job of preventing multiple form submissions on one of my production sites. I have a situation, though, where my client wants to test a bunch of different scenarios out, and they need to submit the same form over and over. How can I disable the filte…
Ucommerce 9 - Spam in logs: "Running ToList() query on index"

Forum / Ucommerce 9 - Spam in logs: "Running ToList() query on index"
Created: March 22, 2021 - Last update: March 22, 2021
I have this Ucommerce 9 webshop running, but just deleted 7gb of log files generated over a few months. There are no errors in them, just loads of lines starting with "Running ToList() query on index at". It seems to be from my navigation controller which returns a partial view with a category nav…
Is it possible to discard a "spam" form-submission BEFORE the workflow?

Forum / Is it possible to discard a "spam" form-submission BEFORE the workflow?
Created: June 26, 2020 - Last update: January 26, 2021
Hey guys, I know it's a vague description, but what I need is a "honeypot" solution of sorts. But I do not wish to create a new Workflow for this to work, so I was wondering, and hoping, if there was a different approach? For now, all I have been able to find on Google was to create unique Workf…
Plugins UComment

Forum / Plugins UComment
Created: August 09, 2013 - Last update: August 09, 2013
Looking for how to display all comments as spam default UComment plugins in Umbraco. Can someone help me? sincerely, B2A
Captcha only working client side?

Forum / Captcha only working client side?
Created: March 04, 2014 - Last update: March 05, 2014
I've added a captcha to an existing form but we still receive alot of spam. Is the captcha in Contour only a client side validation? If the spam robots have already captured the post url will they be able to keep submitting the form without captcha validation?Nope client and server, are you using th…
not an umbraco question, a question about this forum

Forum / not an umbraco question, a question about this forum
Created: January 12, 2021 - Last update: January 25, 2021
Who are these mysterious editors ?? ![enter image description here][1] [1]: /media/upload/6d05c615-2e4e-4342-8834-f36e155ab1cd/edited.JPGThey are normally Spam users that have had their accounts suspended and posts deleted.
how to contact forum admins?

Forum / how to contact forum admins?
Created: January 15, 2016 - Last update: January 15, 2016
My first question (how to check items for publish date) was marked automatically as spam, but I really don't know why. Is there any way to contact a forum admin to ask him/her to check my message? Thanks in advance, JoeHi Joe, In the past we had some issue with a lot of spam comments on Our, so we…
Custom FormState

Forum / Custom FormState
Created: March 04, 2014 - Last update: March 05, 2014
Is it possible to add a custom FormState? For example, I'd like to add something like "Marked as Spam".nope that's not an option atm, you can add a hidden field that stores a value...
Have you been hacked?

Forum / Have you been hacked?
Created: August 05, 2015 - Last update: September 15, 2015
My searches on the forum are returning a LOT of results for Muslim Astrology!Ta, Dennis, that was exactly what I was after.Hi again ... Is there a place to report bugs with this site? Many thankshah astrology is forbidden for muslims not astronomy tho All good now, should be no spam left in the sea…
Which are features?

Created: June 04, 2011 - Last update: June 04, 2011
Which are features?Are you asking what features does uBlogsy have? - Spam detection- Auto Spam deletion- Auto comment approval- Dashboard control for approving comments- Contact form- Pages- Authors (more than one) - with search by author- Categories- Tags - with a new tag datatype and t…
No User exists with ID -1

Forum / No User exists with ID -1
Created: November 24, 2015 - Last update: November 24, 2015
Trying out the Umbraco as a Service, created a doctype, and some content but getting this error when trying to publish any content. Not a stellar demonstration of the products capabilities... :-(Thanks, Sebastiaan. I'll email you the info. For the spam thing, you might want to put a note in the…
Custom NoSpam Workflow

Forum / Custom NoSpam Workflow
Created: June 28, 2011 - Last update: June 29, 2011
I've created a no spam workflow and figured I'd just post it here to help others with a similar issue. Basically, all this workflow does is check to see if a hidden field is modified from its default value and either deletes the record, does nothing with it, or approves it. Set your form to manual a…
Is the PDCalendar project still active?

Created: May 26, 2011 - Last update: September 22, 2011
On the PDCalendar project page, the purchase link says to send an email to Peter. I've sent three emails now over the past two weeks and have received no response yet. Is this package no longer being supported and licensed by the developer? Any ideas? I found another post that says his spam filter p…
Cloudflare with Umbraco

Forum / Cloudflare with Umbraco
Created: January 06, 2015 - Last update: November 04, 2015
Hi, is anybody using Cloudflare CDN with Umbraco and is it causing any issues, or is it safe to configure it? thanks I use it on pretty much all our sites. Works great, and now there is this package to help with purging the cache. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbmNii9mHgsAre you suff…
Displaying Selected Checkbox Prevalues

Forum / Displaying Selected Checkbox Prevalues
Created: March 13, 2014 - Last update: March 24, 2014
Hey everyone, I am trying to print the prevalues which are selected from the checkbox list. I could only find examples for older versions of Umbraco but none for Umbraco 7. The older ones don't seem to work. My checkbox is called kitchenCheckbox. As always, help is greatly appreciated!No problem.…
Wishlist

Created: July 11, 2011 - Last update: July 11, 2011
My own personal wishlist for this package: - An optional stylesheet to make it look pretty out of the box (currently not included as most people will have pre-existing html/css already.- Honeypot field against spam- Client side validation- Even easier way to add fields Feel free to add to this.
Javascript not working for items in the Content Section in 4.6.1

Created: February 15, 2011 - Last update: February 15, 2011
Is there anywhere I should look for to resolve this? Maybe I should narrow this down. I can not use any of the javascript fuctions in moderating comments in B4U. The only JS that works is just a confermation popup that asked if I want to delete the comment but it doesn't delete. Also I can not filte…
Screenshots

Created: December 14, 2010 - Last update: December 14, 2010
Sounds like a wonderfull package, would be great if you could add some screenshots!Looking good! Good point! Here it goes: Image 1: Overview of forums Image 2: List of posts in selected forums. Options for: - reply - mark as spam - delete
Ham Approver for Umbraco Forms

Website utilities / Packages / Community
Created: October 25, 2017 - Last update: April 06, 2020
Ham Approver is a workflow item for Umbraco Forms, that helps you eliminate SPAM submissions without sacrifizing UX. It runs each submission against Plino, to determine whether the submission is ham or spam. Minimum requirements Ham Approver is built against Umbraco CMS 8.4 and Umbraco Forms 8…
Newbie - Umbraco in VS 2013/15 Community Edition?

Forum / Newbie - Umbraco in VS 2013/15 Community Edition?
Created: September 27, 2015 - Last update: September 28, 2015
Hi there, I'm just starting with Umbraco and wondered whether I can use it with Visual Studio 2013 or 2015 Community Edition? Great to hear from anyone who can help! :) Regards and thanks. Edited: Why would this message be marked as spam?Thanks Sebastiaan - I understand the spam predicament and…
Email Pro Advice Needed

Forum / Email Pro Advice Needed
Created: March 02, 2021 - Last update: March 02, 2021
Hello all! I am a web designer and my client has a site on here called logansquarelaundry.com. His website's contact form is not sending emails to either of his email addresses. I used my own email address as a receiver email and it worked fine. Any ideas what the issue could be?Hi Rich, It sounds…
Forms - Receiving email

Forum / Forms - Receiving email
Created: January 22, 2020 - Last update: February 11, 2020
Hi everyone, Can someone help me with this doubt i have. I'm new in this "umbraco world", i created a page with a form and is published. I test filled my form and submit to test if are working fine and no error after send. In the form setup i have my email as receiver, but i'm not receiving this tes…
Issue on posting on uCommerce Support forum

Forum / Issue on posting on uCommerce Support forum
Created: November 11, 2013 - Last update: January 04, 2014
HelloI've tried to post this morning on the uCommerce Support forum with a new created account (and also on the account of my coworker) but nothing is showing in the list of topics. When posting, i've got the message "Posting your topic" but nothing more happening. In the notifications tab in the pr…
Contour best practice at larger submissions?

Forum / Contour best practice at larger submissions?
Created: February 06, 2012 - Last update: February 14, 2012
We experience larger and larger demands for stability and data amount for Contour forms. Recently we had a costumer who made a quiz for an iPad 2 and the answers poured in and ended in at 36.000 answers in a few days. One issue we had was exporting the many rows to a CSV file, but that got fixed by…
CWS Contact Form & Honeypot/reCaptcha

Forum / CWS Contact Form & Honeypot/reCaptcha
Created: September 13, 2010 - Last update: September 14, 2010
Hi all have a site which over last couple of months has been hit by spam on the contact page, at first i could tolerate it but now getting unbearable numbers of emails coming through. The site is setup with Warrens CWS site using his contact form on Umbraco 4.0.3 can be seen at www.bmouthyexplorers.…
umbraco forms reg ex stop urls

Forum / umbraco forms reg ex stop urls
Created: March 15, 2021 - Last update: March 16, 2021
Hi Just wondering if I could get some help. Looking for a regex to stop urls being entered into textboxes and textareas. Ive tried the following ^((?!https|http|www).)*$ However, it seems to stop normal text as well. I have google Recaptcha V2 on the forms but a lot of spam seems to be getti…
Captcha for Contour on an old site

Forum / Captcha for Contour on an old site
Created: December 10, 2020 - Last update: January 29, 2021
I have a website thats been running Umbraco 7 with Contour forms for years without a captcha which has now suddenly started to receive a lot of spam emails coming through. I think the built in captcha into Contour forms is no longer supported. After googling there are a few threads on it but i dont…
Security Issue? Ransomwear

Forum / Security Issue? Ransomwear
Created: May 27, 2019 - Last update: June 14, 2019
Hi there, I have received 3 contact form requests through an umbraco 7.10.4 website from what appears to be a spam bot indicating some type of ransomwear: "Hey. Soon your hosting account and your domain [website] will be blocked forever, and you will receive tens of thousands of negative feedbac…
My first profile is blocked - please help!

Forum / My first profile is blocked - please help!
Created: December 12, 2014 - Last update: December 12, 2014
Hi, Signed in for this forum a few days ago. Started a topic because I cant get Umbtaco installed on my laptop with Windows 8.1. In the process of solving this problem my profile was suddenly blocked!! I was told to contact an administrator to solve the problem but could not find a contact form on t…
Comment form capcha - Not a bug

Created: February 20, 2014 - Last update: February 24, 2014
HI Anthony. Been a user of ublogy for a while and its great. However I need to amend the comment user control for handling comments. I want to include a capcha control as I get humongous levels of Russian spam. Obvioulsy its compiled into a DLL at the mo. Could I have the code behind please. …
Forum hanging on post new topic

Forum / Forum hanging on post new topic
Created: August 13, 2013 - Last update: August 13, 2013
I've tried multiple times to post a topic in the dev/xslt forum. On submit, it hangs on "Posting your topic". I have tried with both the rich-text and the markdown editors.Hi Ste, Yeah there's sometimes a little problem with the spam-checking that doesn't do a great job. I can see your posts…
Deleting comments in bulk (or indeed at all)

Created: April 12, 2013 - Last update: April 12, 2013
Due to a misconfiguration, a load of spam comments got added to a site I manage. Maybe I'm being blind, but there doesn't seem to be anyway of deleting comments once approved? Ideally an option to manage loads at once, but anything would help. The dashboard control just says there are no comme…
A newsletter

Created: June 18, 2009 - Last update: February 11, 2012
Wouldn't i be cool to have a built in spam newsletter function in CWS?Or use this: http://our.umbraco.org/projects/backoffice-extensions/newsletter-studio ;)I am not sure if I personally see the need for this currently, but if the demand is high enough I may consider it. But feel free to create/writ…
Allow users with sufficient Karma to add images

Forum / Allow users with sufficient Karma to add images
Created: July 12, 2009 - Last update: July 13, 2009
I was adding a Wiki entry and it would have been realy useful to include an image or two. I realise this has SPAM implications so would probably best to only allow users with sufficient Karma to do this.@tim - probably number of posts rather than karma. I think it would be safe to assume that someon…
Controlling the workflow execution using WorkflowExecutionStatus

Forum / Controlling the workflow execution using WorkflowExecutionStatus
Created: July 27, 2016 - Last update: July 27, 2016
Hi all, We are adding a *Honeypot* field (to catch out spam bots) to our forms and I have succuessfully written a new FieldType and WorkflowType but I would expect this line to halt the execution of the workflow - but it doesn't: return WorkflowExecutionStatus.Cancelled; Who can help underst…
Ublogsy Comments Not saving Comment Tab info

Forum / Ublogsy Comments Not saving Comment Tab info
Created: February 12, 2013 - Last update: February 13, 2013
I am doing the following steps 1. I have Unchecked "Auto Approve Comments" in spam settings (Ublogsy) on Blog landing page. 2. Added a comment on ablog..it Auto created a Folder Comments in the Content Tree. 3. But the Comment Name and Other info (like name, message email ..etc) are not…
Separate Contact Settings under two tabs

Created: March 11, 2015 - Last update: March 12, 2015
Hi.. Great package! Here is some feedback..I think it will be more clear if the settings for auto reply and notifications are separated under each tab. Use btn-primary or btn-success class on the save-button to make it consistency with the core UI. Also for send-button, when your reply a message. &l…
Email Address Protection

Forum / Email Address Protection
Created: March 15, 2010 - Last update: November 23, 2010
Hello, A normal practice for us would be character encoding email addresses if there is a specific reason post an email address on a website when a form won't suffice. However TinyMCE is a bit too clever and coverts the encoding back into its correct symbols! How are other people protecting email ad…
Security around data entry form

Forum / Security around data entry form
Created: December 01, 2009 - Last update: December 01, 2009
I'm not sure if this is the most appropriate forum but here goes... I have a Guestbook functionality on my personal site which incorporates an Akismet check and a "hidden" (by display:none) field to catch automated form entries. Basically the logic upon form submission was: 1. Verify…
Comments can not be approved or spammed

Created: April 04, 2018 - Last update: April 04, 2018
Hi, First thanks for the great package. I am trying to use the approve and spam button in the comments, but it appers an error in console. Checking in console it throws an error 400 (bad request) I have been trying the disqus.com/api console to use the service with the parameters api_secret, api_ke…
Captcha

Created: May 28, 2019 - Last update: May 29, 2019
Hey there, We have noticed one of our sites with a newsletter studio form being hit with a lot of spam. There is no Captcha option currently, is it possible to add such a feature in? Do you have any other suggestions to help avoid spam on newsletter studio forms?Hi! There is no "official" plugin t…
Feature Request: Implement List-Unsubscribe

Created: March 14, 2018 - Last update: March 15, 2018
We've got some customers that are receiving a large amount of bounce backs due to spam filters considering their mailings as spam. After looking at the newsletters they're sending out it appears that the lack of a list-unsubscribe header is the culprit. Can this be implemented in a future version?…
Publishing (deploying) umbraco site

Forum / Publishing (deploying) umbraco site
Created: December 05, 2016 - Last update: December 20, 2016
Hi, I am developing web site on umbraco 7.5.4. I've used nuget to add umbraco to web project. I have added some surface and custom controllers to customize the site and now I would like to publish it, but without database. If I publish in VS than it uses current web.config that has development…
Not Getting Email Notifications on Forum Threads I'm Subscribed To

Forum / Not Getting Email Notifications on Forum Threads I'm Subscribed To
Created: January 07, 2014 - Last update: October 09, 2015
This is in reference to these forums here, not any forum package for Umbraco. It seems I'm not getting email notifications when somebody replies to a forum thread I'm subscribed to. I've had many replies in the past weeks, but no notifications. Not sure if others are experiencing this, but it could…
Error loading MacroEngine script (file: EmailForm.cshtml)

Forum / Error loading MacroEngine script (file: EmailForm.cshtml)
Created: June 01, 2015 - Last update: June 02, 2015
I have this Contact form in the footerish area of a websiteGetting error: Error loading MacroEngine script (file: EmailForm.cshtml)EmailForm.cshtml = @inherits umbraco.MacroEngines.DynamicNodeContext @using System.Web.Mvc.Html @using ClientDependency.Core.Mvc @using Umbraco.Web @using Um…
Server Side Form Validation

Forum / Server Side Form Validation
Created: July 25, 2014 - Last update: August 01, 2014
Hi all, I am using Umbraco 4.0.3 (No plans to upgrade for at least 6 months) and would like to add server side validation to ContactUs form. I have been able to add java validation to jquery.validate.min.js but I can't find where to add validation on the server side to stop bots that bypass java to…
Block malicious requests

Created: March 21, 2013 - Last update: March 22, 2013
Is there any way to restrict image gen to use one and only size? Also I'd like to block remote images. I want to avoid someone to spam-generate images on my server. I want the images to be displayed at 250px widht and no other sizes. Is there any way to do so? Thanks.I've never heard of anyone attac…
SMTP setting for the RunwayContactForm

Forum / SMTP setting for the RunwayContactForm
Created: July 19, 2011 - Last update: July 28, 2011
Hi, I am using the RunwayContactForm to receive email from my cutomsers. I set up the SMTP server in the web.config like this: <mailSettings> <smtp from="[email protected]" deliveryMethod="Network"> &nb…
adminlogin to business starter kit gives exception

Forum / adminlogin to business starter kit gives exception
Created: June 23, 2011 - Last update: June 23, 2011
Hello I just used the business starter kit and logged on as admin. I get the following; Any ideas? ThanksKirsten Server Error in '/' Application. Error running Reader: SQL Statement:select * from comment where spam != 1 order by created descException:System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeExc…
Upgrade from v1.0 to v2.0.26

Created: May 19, 2010 - Last update: October 21, 2010
Hi, I'm looking to upgrade from v1.0 to v2.0.26. Has anyone done this successfully or shall I forget about it? I'd really like to take care of the current comment spam issue on a client's v1 installation so the later versions and their Akismet etc integration definitely appeal. Bu…
uSync and Azure - Licence

Created: September 24, 2020 - Last update: September 24, 2020
We have our dev/stage/content sites on Azure, and have recently purchased a licence for uSync Complete. Licence obviously works fine on localhost, but not on the azure environments. I'm guessing I have to have the licence updated for *.azurewebsites.net. I've contacted Jumoo via the website but no…
Apply Captcha on Backend login page

Forum / Apply Captcha on Backend login page
Created: March 13, 2018 - Last update: March 05, 2021
Does anyone applied Captcha on Backend login page till now for security reasons?i see this is an old post, but i did it. if it still relevant , post it hear and i will post the code.Hi Sumeet Did you find a way to do it? AlexHi Sumeet Yes if you entered your credentials wrong 5 times, you will be…
Unable to upload packages to profile

Forum / Unable to upload packages to profile
Created: October 17, 2018 - Last update: September 09, 2019
Hi, I created an account in order to publish a plugin that I would share and make available to the community. When I go into profile page, I get this message: "Sorry, your account is too new to create projects! If you're human, make sure to get in touch with us to get this restriction lifted." Ho…
Changes to uBlogsy.businesslogic

Created: November 14, 2014 - Last update: November 14, 2014
I'm a little bit lost. I'm using ublogsy webforms 3.0.0 with umbraco 6.1.3 and VS Pro 2013. I've downloaded the most recent default source and tried to change a few lines in the businesslogic for some spam settings. But when i compile the dll and upload it i get loads of "System.Web.HttpCompileExcep…