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Hello
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I have problems with human spammers over the contactform. Is there a possibility to add this human spammers to a blacklist?

Thanks for your help.

Hi annette,
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Yes, you can use an Event Switcher action on Submit and use code there to identify spammers, then ignore those that show positive. You can check emails and/or IP addresses against a list saved in an array or a database table; and you can look for 'suspicious' content in the form replies.
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Note: If you are using a 'Contact' form then you will need to switch the form setting to 'Advanced' to get access to the actions.
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Bob

Hi Bob
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Many thanks for your answer. I'm not so friendly with Chronoforms 7 so far 😀 Can you tell me where and how I use the Events Switcher on Submit?
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What do you mean with: "Note: If you are using a 'Contact' form then you will need to switch the form setting to 'Advanced' to get access to the actions." Is this "Advanced" or where can I find it?
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I really appreciate your help.
Annette

Hi Annette,
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Your image shows the overall ChronoForms settings. Please open your form, click the Settings Tag there and in the top box is a dropdown named Type. That is where you can set the form to be a basic Contact form or an Advanced form.
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That said, sad to say, I don't see an Event Switcher in CFv7, the previous versions have had this option built in. I guess that you would need to use Custom PHP to filter the submissions. Or perhaps you can do that with the Validation settings???
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Bob