Understanding the problem.
WHAT HAPPENS
Automated scripts find forms and submit them continuously.
Not targeted at you. Every form on the internet receives it.
WHAT THEY SUBMIT
Links, promotional text, attempts at injection.
WHAT IT COSTS
Your time A full mailbox Genuine enquiries lost among spam Server resources
THE WORST OUTCOME
Spam volume causing you to stop checking, and a real enquiry missed.
WHY YOUR FORM IS TARGETED
It exists. Automated scanning finds forms without any human involvement.
WHAT DOES NOT WORK
Hiding the form Obscure field names Hoping
WHAT DOES WORK
A combination of measures, covered in the next articles.
None alone is complete; together they remove almost all of it.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Reducing spam to near zero is achievable.
