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ninetydegrees (90d)☕ ([personal profile] ninetydegrees) wrote in [site community profile] dw_dev_training2012-12-24 01:29 pm
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Disabling anonymous support requests on hacks?

Can you disable these on your hack? I keep getting spam on my hack's board.
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[personal profile] swaldman 2012-12-24 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
To require CAPTCHAs for anon support requests,


  • At the end of config-local.pl, uncomment the TEXTCAPTCHA demo api key. (It should read "api_key => 'demo'"). The demo key only gives a small subset of the possible questions, but it might be sufficient to prevent the spam.

  • At the end of config.pl, in the section labelled "Pages where we want to see captcha", make sure that "support_submit_anon" is set to 1.

  • In Defaults.pm, make sure that $DEFAULT_CAPTCHA_TYPE is set to "T".


If you find that the demo textcaptchas don't stop the spam, it's only a little bit of hassle to sign up for free for a real API key.

HTH, and happy Christmas!
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