Contact form IP logging

-- url of the page with the problem -- : www.artisan-pens.com/index.php
-- HikaShop version -- : Essential: 4.7.0
-- Joomla version -- : 3.10
-- PHP version -- : 5.6.40
-- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome
-- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : None

Hi,

Is it possible to log the IP address (and block) of a spammer who uses the contact form to spam me?

I do have reCAPTACHA turned on.

Thanks in advance

Hi,

Spammers usually use different IP addresses to circumvent these so it should not be effective. IP addresses are logged in the web server and can be blocked with a firewall software like iptable if you have control on your server.

However, I would rather recommend using something like that:
extensions.joomla.org/extension/ospam-a-not/
From the feedback we got by other users, it seems quite effective.

Thanks very much, ospam-a-not looks like the way to go.

nicolas wrote: Hi,

Spammers usually use different IP addresses to circumvent these so it should not be effective. IP addresses are logged in the web server and can be blocked with a firewall software like iptable if you have control on your server.

However, I would rather recommend using something like that:
extensions.joomla.org/extension/ospam-a-not/
From the feedback we got by other users, it seems quite effective.