howto: forms and spam                 rev 23 feb 2019

> form plugin | akismet | recipient spam folder


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form plugin:

  contact form 7 with really simple captcha 


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akismet:

  * add to form:
    [text* your-name akismet:author]
    [email* your-email akismet:author_email]

    https://contactform7.com/spam-filtering-with-akismet/


  * let user know akismet is being used:
     - at end of form
<p class="akismet_comment_form_privacy_notice" style="margin-top: 1em;  font-size: 0.9375rem;">This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. <a href="https://akismet.com/privacy/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Learn how your form data is processed</a>.</p>
     - in privacy page
        see canonical - 
          process-website-all-privacy_security_policy.txt

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captcha:

  https://contactform7.com/captcha/

  Miyoshi now prefers Google's reCaptcha. I don't.
    Can use rsc shortcodes and will work.
      but won't show in the tag-generator.
      You can add a constant to wp-config and it will show.
      define( 'WPCF7_USE_REALLY_SIMPLE_CAPTCHA', true );
    https://contactform7.com/2015/09/17/contact-form-7-43/



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form submit going to recipient spam folder:

  Make the "From:" be the actual server name
    to prevent the mail client from putting in spam folder.

  Contact Form 7 error tool will complain, but it will work.

  [23 feb 2019]




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