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Support => Feature requests => Topic started by: CH on June 15, 2013, 10:04 am

Title: CAPTCHA for non vendors to block spam
Post by: CH on June 15, 2013, 10:04 am
Something needs to be done about the spam.

Last few days I've been spammed to death with "offers" and phishing attempts, I've probably gotten 40 messages in 3 days. This makes it very very hard for me to see legit messages and real customers get hidden in the spam. What I suggest is a CAPTCHA, like we have on login page, for NON VENDORS before sending messages.

Reason to why this should be for non vendors is because no one is going to pay the vendor deposit of a few hundred (400?) dollars just to spam and be banned. Vendors also send a much larger quantities of messages and it would at least hinder my use of the PM function (Close customer contact), as I suspect it would others. So yet again, CAPTCHA for NON VENDOR messages is my suggestions.

I also recommend that you group  this with the block functio (http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=172676.0)n, but I believe that this would block spams slightly better than block, assuming the CAPTCHA can't be auto solved.
Title: Re: CAPTCHA for non vendors to block spam
Post by: Jack N Hoff on June 15, 2013, 10:08 am
I suggested the same thing!  Captcha for people that have spent less than $50 just like captcha if you have less than 50 posts.  That would work perfect! 8)

Tired of the spam :(
Title: Re: CAPTCHA for non vendors to block spam
Post by: CH on June 15, 2013, 10:28 am
I've gotten 75 messages the last 15 mins, before that it was like 40 in 3 days... please do something about this.

Best regards
CH
Title: Re: CAPTCHA for non vendors to block spam
Post by: Hash on June 15, 2013, 02:46 pm
I would like to support this Idea

I just came here to make a thread about this.

Please put captcha on Send a Message.
The idea about non-vendors is good. This will give Support a way to ban Vendors who try it.
Title: Re: CAPTCHA for non vendors to block spam
Post by: DrCol on June 15, 2013, 05:30 pm
100% agreed....
Doc
Title: Re: CAPTCHA for non vendors to block spam
Post by: CH on June 15, 2013, 09:15 pm
Seems like it has been added on sending message for everyone. While I appreciate the attempt to stop the spam, I talk a lot to my customers and inform them of status updates, so I much rather have the spam than writing that captcha 50 times a day.

Please consider having it for buyers only.

Best regards
CH
Title: Re: CAPTCHA for non vendors to block spam
Post by: DrCol on June 16, 2013, 09:16 am
And to add to this thread, it keep failing (invalid captcha) so VERY timeconsuming and frustrating...
Doc
Title: Re: CAPTCHA for non vendors to block spam
Post by: Tessellated on June 16, 2013, 04:22 pm
Looks like we have a captcha, but vendors need to enter it as well. I send about 60-100 messages a day so this will not do, vendors need to be excluded from the requirement.