How To Stop SPAM with Drupal through Modules

To effectively stop bot spam submissions in Drupal, you can use a combination of modules and configurations. Webforms are a great way to collect the information , feedback , and opinion from your site visitors.. But there is one thing taht we don’t love about the webforms i.e., spam.

Spam is unwanted and unsoliciated submission that clog up your webform and waste your time out and resources. Spam can also harm your site’s performance, security, and reputation. It can from bots or fraudlent users who want to spam your sites with ads, link or junk contents.

We can also provide the severals random images and ask our users to check a specific image. This kind of test could not be passed by a robot, but we humans can !.

Why trouble with bots? The capctcha system provides security, including but no limit too..

• Preventing comment spam in blogs.
• Protection websites Registration.
• Preventing email Addresses from scrapers.
• Online polls.
• Preventing dictionary attack.
• Search engine bots.
• Worms (malware computer program).
• SPAMs (undesired message / content).

Step 1: Need to Install the contributed modules and integration.

Spam filters uses statistical analysis to detect junk messages and learn from your actions.

When you mark a conservation as spam. Spam filter blacklists the customer and automatically places all future conversation from this customer to the spam folder.

 

 

• Go to the terminal OR command Prompt and install the SPAM MASTER module.
• And copy the command and hit on the terminal then.
• Go to the Drupal Admin panel.
• Go to the Configuration -> System -> Spam Master Settings.

 

 

• Enter your API keys for the spam protection services that you want to use.
• Settings and adjust settings according to your preferences.
• Protection and enable the protection for the forms that you want to protect from spam.

 

 

• It can block spam submission on webform, comments, user registration, contract form, etc.
• It can automatically delete spam submissions or mark them as spam for manual review.
• It can display a custom messenger or redirect the user to a different page when spam is detected.

Step 2: We install the another module in Drupal i.e., HONEYPOT.

Note :- The purpose of a honeypot is to refine an orgranisation intrusion detect system ( IDS ) and threat response . so it is in a better position to manage and prevent attacks. There are two primary kinds of honeypots: production and research.

 

 

• Go to the terminal OR command prompt and install the HONEYPOT module.
• Then go to the Drupal Admin panel.
• Go to the Configuration -> Content Authoring -> Honeypot Configuration.

 

 

• Honeypot and adjust the setting according to your preferences.
• Form protection and enable the protrction for the forms that you want to protect from spam.

 

 

• It can protect any form on your Drupal sites including webforms, comments, user registration, contact form, etc..
• It can use a time limit to check how long it takes for the users to fill out the forms.
• If the time is too short or too long, the submissions is considered spam.
• It can long and report the spam statistics and activity on your sites.

Step 4: We install the another module in Drupal i.e., Antibot.

Note :- An Antibot refers to a technology that prevents malicious bot from accessing and infiltrating the system for instances a user account, a business server, or other critical infrastruscture.

 

 

• Go to the terminal OR command prompt and install the ANTIBOT module.
• Then go to the Drupal Admin panel.
• Select the Configuration -> User Interface -> Antibot.

 

 

• Antibot and adjust the settings according to your preference.
• Form protection and enable the protection for the forms that you want to protect from the spam.

 

 

• It can protect any form on your Drupal site, including webforms, comments, user registrations, contact forms, and more.
• It can use different types of questions, such as math, image, text, or custom.
• It can use a random or fixed question for each form or each submission.
• It can display a custom message or redirect the user to a different page when spam is detected.
• It can log and report spam statistics and activity on your site.

Step 5: We install the another module in Drupal i.e., reCaptcha.

Note :- We are excited to introduce reCaptcha V3, which help you to detect abusive traffic on your websites without any user friction. It returns a score based on the interaction withn your websites and provide you with more flexibility to take appropriate actions.

 

 

• Go to the termianal OR command prompt and install the reCaptcha module.
• Go to the Drupal Admin panel.
• Then click on Configuration -> People -> Captcha settings -> reCaptcha V3 setting OR recaptcha V3.

 

 

• reCAPTCHA and enter your sites key and secret key for the reCaptcha service that you want to use.
• Form Protection and enable the protection for the forms that you want to protect from spam.

 

 

• It can protect any form on your Drupal sites, including webforms, comments, user registration, contact forms and more.
• It can use different type of challenges, such as reCaptcha v2, reCaptacha v3, or invisible reCaptcha.
• It can use a custom theme size and language for the reCaptcha widgets.
• It can display a custom message or redirect user to a different page when the spam is detected.

 

Step 6: We install the another module in Drupal i.e., Captcha.

Note :- The purpose of Captcha is to block form submission by spambots, which are automated scripts that post spam content everywhere they can. The CAPTCHA module provides this features to virtually any user facing webform on a Drupal sites.

 

 

• Go to the termianal OR command prompt and install the reCaptcha module.
• Go to the Drupal Admin panel.
• Then click on Configuration -> People -> Captcha settings -> image CAPTCHA setting OR CAPTCHA examples.

 

 

• Select the default challenges type.
• Set all the basic configuration into the CAPTCHA settings.

 

Step 7: We install the another module in Drupal i.e., Flood Control.

Note :- This module add flood control protection on any form, without any third party services. This prevent mass submissions on contact form ot any form, using the native flood.

• Go to the terminal OR command prompt and install the Flood Control module.
• Then go to the Drupal Admin panel.
• Select the Configuration -> People -> Flood Control.
• Protech from Flood Control and adjust the settings according to your preferenece.
• Protect from Flood Control – Form protection and enable the protection for the forms that you want to protect from spam.
• It can protect any form on your Drupal site, including webforms, comments, user registrations, contact forms, and more.
• It can use different types of limits, such as per IP address, per user, per form, or per role.
• It can use different time intervals, such as per hour, per day, per week, or per month.
• It can display a custom message or redirect the user to a different page when the limit is reached.
• It can log and report spam statistics and activity on your site.