reCAPTCHAs

[Aziraphale]

I have just finished adding reCAPTCHAs to the "Contact Us" form at the bottom of the main site page, and the Send Message page.  The reCAPTCHA will only show on the Send Message page to people who are not logged in, though, as I really don't think we have a problem with spam from registered users.

Hopefully this will clear up the spam problem that we've had recently.  If issues persist, please let us know in this thread.

Update (2007-10-15): I've since added a CAPTCHA bypass code which you can add to your own contact forms if you're using such a form.  If this code is POSTed to our server and matches the one we have stored for your account, no CAPTCHA challenge will be presented to the sender.  If, however, that bypass code isn't present and the sender isn't logged into Web2Messenger, they will be asked to complete a reCAPTCHA challenge.  When they successfully do so, the message will be sent as normal and they will be returned to your site.  More information is available in our FAQs.

[FireStorm]

Hi,

That's a nice thing

But... I'm getting error 2048 when using my own message page. I suppose it's because I'm not entering the captcha. Is there a way to fix it?

BTW, what's error 1024? They're documented up to 512.

[Aziraphale]

1024 & 2048 are CAPTCHA related:
1024 = Invalid CAPTCHA response;
2048 = No CAPTCHA details provided.

This is going to be a sod to fix, so I'll look at it again tomorrow, when it's not 00:10am >.<

[Aziraphale]

Please follow the instructions I've added to this FAQ entry and let me know if that sorts it out.  It's only a temporary solution while I work on a more permanent one that still gives you CAPTCHA protection, but hopefully it'll allow you to resume receiving messages.

[FireStorm]

Thanks, works fine

[Aziraphale]

Update (2007-10-15): I've since added a CAPTCHA bypass code which you can add to your own contact forms if you're using such a form.  If this code is POSTed to our server and matches the one we have stored for your account, no CAPTCHA challenge will be presented to the sender.  If, however, that bypass code isn't present and the sender isn't logged into Web2Messenger, they will be asked to complete a reCAPTCHA challenge.  When they successfully do so, the message will be sent as normal and they will be returned to your site.  More information is available in our FAQs.

In addition, you no longer have to worry about the error codes 1024 and 2048.  They are now only used internally.