As in the title, how can we stop spam bots signing up for our newsletter and creating hundreds of entries (many the same) that need to be deleted?
How is your sign up form built?
It’s just Concrete default; in the footer.
I’m thinking of removing it.
The default form is Express. You could enable a captcha, and the default secure image captcha could be swapped for reCaptcha or for a marketplace captcha.
The next step would be to add @mnakalay 's Anti-Spammer Master Anti-Spammer Master :: Concrete CMS Marketplace
Or you could add a more highly functional forms package such as my Form Reform Form Reform :: Concrete CMS Marketplace, which supports further defence measures including integration with Anti Spammer master. But that is probably overkill for a simple newsletter signup.
Cloudflare Captcha appears on the contact form but not the newsletter subscribe box.
Playing around, I found it. Need to Edit the form.
I do so love Concrete. So simple, even if it makes me feel stupid sometimes.
Thanks for your quick response.