Block spam emails from my wordpress installation

  • Resolved ecnalg

    (@ecnalg)


    2 years, 9 months ago

    I don’t get spam emails sent to my contact page email address, but I’m getting a lot from the contact page when they fill out the contact form. Spammers know that I can’t block anything coming directly from wordpress@ because then I would never be able to receive anything important from WordPress.

    Is there a simple little blocking mechanism that WordPress offers? I haven’t found one, so is there a recommended plugin? The most popular ones only block comments, not emails.

    Thanks.

    • This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Everything else WordPress topic
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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    When stuff comes to you from YOUR site, it’s [email protected], not from “@www.remarpro.com”. But if you have a contact page, be sure to install an anti-spam plugin to help weed out the spam before it becomes an email.

    Thread Starter ecnalg

    (@ecnalg)

    Thanks, it looks like a lot of these are for blocking comments. Can you suggest two or three that will either block emails or before they become emails?

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    It depends on the form plug-in. Which are you using?

    Thread Starter ecnalg

    (@ecnalg)

    No plugin, the comment form is included with the SiteOrigin theme called Corp.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    In that case, it’s best to ask the support for that theme which anti-spam plugin they recommend.

    Thread Starter ecnalg

    (@ecnalg)

    Yeah, that was the first place I asked and they didn’t have a solution for it. They didn’t know of any plugin that would do it either. But they suggested switching my contact forwarding address from my default home email to a Gmail address. I’ve read about it now and it looks like it should work by using advanced filters. Thanks.

    Thread Starter ecnalg

    (@ecnalg)

    Thread is resolved.

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