Recently, my host temporary closed all my sites due to spam emails. during a conversation i had with them they suggested the following:
What about the contact forms on the sites? Have you placed captcha/re-captcha on them? If not - it is recommended to do so as the spam is most likely originating from them.
My question --- How can I do that. How can I place captcha/re-captcha
Thanks, Indrit
IDesign Hi
You can go to Backend >> Plugins >> search for recaptcha plugins and you can configure to use recaptcha for plugin you wish.
Then access Global Configuration in backend >> Site tab >> Default Captcha option >> and select the captcha that you configured above.
The captcha will show on contact form.
I don't have any recaptcha as already installed Plugins
When i visit my backend I see API Authentication - Web Services Basic Auth (Status: Disabled) API Authentication - Web Services Joomla Token (Status: Disabled) Authentication - LDAP (Status: Disabled)
What is the exact name of the plugin?
Any help? Is Joomla suppose to come with an already installed plugin for Captcha?
What am I missing here
Hi, IDesign Would you please tell me which joomla version and the template you are using now.? So we can check and figure out the solution. Regard,
Hello, i have multiple sites and all of them are Joomla 5.1.0. Each site uses different templates. Here is the list JA Space, JA Healthcare, JA Insight, t4_bs5_blank, JA Purity IV
Hi Indrit,
If you're using Joomla 5, it will not include any recaptcha plugin in core (more info: https://docs.joomla.org/Joomla_4.4.x_to_5.x_Planning_and_Upgrade_Step_by_Step#Google_reCAPTCHA )
Please use 3rd party extensions for captcha in J5: https://extensions.joomla.org/tags/captcha/
Thanks, I will give it a try. Please know the reason i am looking for something like this due to a recommendation from my host.
here is some info:
Domain name: siliconicpro.com Username: siliconi Server name: scorpio.vivawebhost.com Reason for the block: Sending spam via php script - artmedtronics.com/contact-config.php
As a results they suggested that i look at my contact page which in their view is causing such issues.
After a few back and forth it looks like they backed out of this claim however went back to original spam email concern
here is what they say:
Before we can enable global access, we need a detailed explanation of the purpose of this email:
`1s2yMD-000000073AB-1gtL-H siliconi 1122 981 siliconi@scorpio.vivawebhost.com 1714763649 0 -received_time_usec .403206 -received_time_complete 1714763649.404260 -ident siliconi -received_protocol local -body_linecount 36 -max_received_linelength 69 -auth_id siliconi -auth_sender siliconi@scorpio.vivawebhost.com -allow_unqualified_recipient -allow_unqualified_sender -local -tls_resumption A XX 1 jrasse01@gmail.com
214P Received: from siliconi by scorpio.vivawebhost.com with local (Exim 4.97.1) (envelope-from siliconi@scorpio.vivawebhost.com) id 1s2yMD-000000073AB-1gtL for jrasse01@gmail.com; Fri, 03 May 2024 15:14:09 -0400 034T To: UOfbTeKV jrasse01@gmail.com 019 Subject: Thank you 070 X-PHP-Script: artmedtronics.com/contact-config.php for 181.225.156.58 045 X-PHP-Originating-Script: 1122:phpmailer.php 037 Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 19:14:09 +0000 037* Return-Path: admin@artmedtronics.com 054F From: artmedtronics Support admin@artmedtronics.com 065I Message-ID: f87547b555e19bfd33c93d524ba3fe07@artmedtronics.com 014 X-Priority: 3 063 X-Mailer: PHPMailer (phpmailer.codeworxtech.com) [version 2.3] 018 MIME-Version: 1.0 085 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="b1_f87547b555e19bfd33c93d524ba3fe07"`
and how will you solve the issue with the outgoing spam from your account? We have zero spam tolerance and we can't afford unwanted emails to be sent out from our infrastructure.
May I know which template from us are you using? You can compare files/folders of template on your site with the default package we provide and see if there is any additional script there or not. Also reaching out to your hosting to check which file is affected with that spam script.
actually for all my templates. Purity IV, Educatsy, Athena, Space, Mason, Healthcare. They are questioning the legitimacy of files like
/home/......../public_html/mysite/administrator/components/com_templates/tmpl/template/default_updated_files.php
IDesign This is default file of Joomla package, could you please download a Joomla package and compare this file with the one on your site now and see if there is any difference?