Recaptcha v2 unable to stop spam

[tcguide]

Hello,
I’m using Recaptcha v2. I still get quite a bit of spam especially on weekends. Most of it is from .ru. Is there a way to validate email input and prevent .ru emails?

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Template Version: 9.1.0

[Support]

Hello, you can add a “filter” before $mail->Send(); in the php File.:

if (preg_match("/.ru/", $_POST['email'])){
	$arrResult = array ('response'=>'error','errorMessage'=>'Blocked!');
	exit();
}

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[tcguide]

Thank you! I’ll give that a try!

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[tcguide]

Unfortunately that didn’t stop it. Any other suggestions?

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[Support]

Hi, are you sure the spam is coming from that form? You might have another php file that is sending those emails.

You can also try recaptcha v3.
https://www.okler.net/previews/porto/10.2.0/contact-us-recaptcha.html

Make sure you remove all php files from old versions.

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[tcguide]

I’m sure its from the V2 php. I’ve deleted the file to test and the spam stopped.
I was going to configure v3 but I noticed there are several security settings on v2.
It was set to the middle. I went ahead and changed that to most secure level.
So far no spam. The weekend will be the real test as that’s when most of the spam comes.
If that does not reasonably stop it I’ll switch and try the v3.

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[tcguide]

The higher (max) security setting seemed to have stopped the majority of the spam. Down to getting 1-2 a day. That’s manageable.

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