https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/honeypot-spam-protection-method-versus-the-recaptcha-method Gravity Support Forums Topic: honeypot spam protection method versus the reCaptcha method en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:39:02 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/honeypot-spam-protection-method-versus-the-recaptcha-method#post-320719 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:15:53 +0000 David Peralty 320719@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>No problem, glad to have helped. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/honeypot-spam-protection-method-versus-the-recaptcha-method#post-319785 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:40:19 +0000 benjino 319785@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Sounds pretty solid to me. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/honeypot-spam-protection-method-versus-the-recaptcha-method#post-319768 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:29:09 +0000 David Peralty 319768@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>It asks you to select a picture. So it will basically be like "if you are human, click the soccer ball" and only one of the images will be a soccer ball. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/honeypot-spam-protection-method-versus-the-recaptcha-method#post-319767 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:27:42 +0000 benjino 319767@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Ok thanks David. How is that Picatcha working compared to honeypot and Captcha? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/honeypot-spam-protection-method-versus-the-recaptcha-method#post-319695 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:39:19 +0000 David Peralty 319695@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You just need to check the box for it to work. I suggest you still use a CAPTCHA if you are having spam issues. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/honeypot-spam-protection-method-versus-the-recaptcha-method#post-319660 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:23:23 +0000 benjino 319660@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>So in G-forms is all you need to do is check the box for honey pot spam protection? Or, do yo also need to add a hidden form field? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/honeypot-spam-protection-method-versus-the-recaptcha-method#post-319627 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:11:08 +0000 David Peralty 319627@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Here is the information from Drupal's site of all places (<a href="https://drupal.org/node/1232638)" rel="nofollow">https://drupal.org/node/1232638)</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Honeypot form protection means that an invisible field is added to a form. If this invisible field is filled out (bots will usually put in a value), then the form will return an error. Normal users (read: human beings) won't ever see the field, so they won't fill it out. Even if they do, the field is labeled in such a way as to indicate the human shouldn't fill out the field.</p> <p>This is not foolproof, though, as many spam bots can detect hidden fields, and they can also be adapted to work around a particular field on your site (this isn't typically the case for smaller sites, though). To prevent against this, you are able to change the field's name from the default, 'homepage', to whatever you'd like.</p></blockquote> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/honeypot-spam-protection-method-versus-the-recaptcha-method#post-319553 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:29:49 +0000 benjino 319553@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Is the honeypot spam protection method versus the reCaptcha method better or worse? Can someone please elaborate a little more on the honeypot spam protection method? The reCaptcha method is pretty straightforward but I don't know how the other one works. </p>