If MadMimi provides one that you can add as part of a hidden field form. At this time, there is not a way to add an independent captcha box, but is something I’m considering for the future.
Unfortunately, Mad Mimi doesn’t have the option to add a captcha field on their forms.
We’re dealing with a lot of signup spam via the eNews Extended widget too. On our sites where we use Ninja Forms or Formidable Pro for these signup forms, it’s not a problem as both these plugins add honeypot fields automatically (and have (re)Captcha fields as well if the problem is more severe).
I think adding at least a hidden honeypot field and necessary validation would really help the eNews Extended plugin as, for now, I need to replace it on at least 4 client sites and my own personal one which are all being hammered by bogus subscriptions and the numerous returned emails this entails as well as the server being blocked by some ISPs in one case.
This really is becoming a huge time consuming issue as I’ve seen the number of these bogus signups go up very significantly in the last few weeks and it’s just getting worse every day.
Thanks!
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pixelyzed.
eNews provides nothing in terms of processing on your server. The only thing is the built-in browser validation of the e-mail form being required, IIRC. The form is passed whole and entire to the mailing list provider, who can validate it in whatever way they have.
If the service provided a way to add a honeypot field, etc, that can be added via the Hidden Fields setting.
To add additional processing on the eNews site would greatly add to the complexity of the tool and not something I’m currently investigating. It is meant to be a relatively easy way to morph a mailing list provider’s form into the styling used by StudioPress, not serve as a processor for a mailing list.
Hi Brandon,
Just to be clear, we’re not talking about replacing the mailing list’s provider processing, just adding one thing that would probably help greatly reduce bogus signups even before the data reaches the service provider when it’s too late in the form submission process to use a honeypot or reCaptcha.
The honeypot solution is the easiest to implement and least intrusive to legit site visitors and should of course be optional but I do believe it would greatly help.
Thanks for considering it!
