[Athen] [EXTERNAL] - report a access problem forms.

[Lucy GRECO]

these  spams are reely people not bots for example the last responce was
sexualy explisit  but reel amnswers in the feilds its
c as well  we can't requeer people to log in as its open for members of the
publis


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Lucy Greco, Web Accessibility Evangelist

Campus IT Experience
Phone: (510) 289-6008 | Email: lgreco at berkeley.edu |
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On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 9:09 AM Travis Roth <travis at travisroth.com> wrote:


> Hi,

>

> Or look for a spam blocking service that works with your CMS?

>

> For example, I deploy Akismet for Wordpress on my Wordpress powered site

> to reduce (but not eliminate) spam posts to the Contact Us form.

>

> https://akismet.com/

>

>

>

> This is not free like Doug’s idea though.

>

>

>

> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

> Behalf Of *Hayman, Douglass

> *Sent:* Monday, April 11, 2022 11:03 AM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] [EXTERNAL] - report a access problem forms.

>

>

>

> Lucy,

>

>

>

> I assume that “bairyor” is meant to be barrier.

>

>

>

> Do you have some sort of bot detection element that is accessible on the

> reporting form that does something like:  “What is the sum of 2 + 5?” or

> “What is the third month of the year?”

>

>

>

> I’ve seen that used as a better alternative to captcha bot detectors.

>

>

>

> Perhaps something like that would minimize spam and weed those out leaving

> only legitimate messages about barriers.

>

>

>

> Doug Hayman

>

> IT Accessibility Coordinator

>

> Information Technology

>

> Olympic College

>

> dhayman at olympic.edu

>

> (360) 475-7632

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> *From:* athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> *On

> Behalf Of *Lucy GRECO

> *Sent:* Monday, April 11, 2022 8:54 AM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] - [Athen] report a access problem forms.

>

>

>

> CAUTION: This email came from a non-OC system or external source. Beware

> of phishing and social engineering!

>

>

>

> hello:

>

>  we have a report an access bairyor form but it's mostly getting spam and

> rude  spam at that. how do you all avoid this or do you lucy

>

>

>

> *Berkeley IT* <https://technology.berkeley.edu/home>

>

> *Lucy Greco*, Web Accessibility Evangelist

>

> Campus IT Experience

> Phone: (510) 289-6008 | Email: lgreco at berkeley.edu |

> https://webaccess.berkeley.edu Follow me on twitter @accessaces

>

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