{"id":16589,"date":"2017-05-26T12:29:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T12:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mautic.org\/eliminate-spambots-using-the-honeypot-method\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T11:49:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T11:49:42","slug":"eliminate-spambots-using-the-honeypot-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mautic.org\/blog\/eliminate-spambots-using-the-honeypot-method","title":{"rendered":"Eliminate Spam Bots Using the Honeypot Method"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we’re highlighting a unique approach to eliminating spam bots provided by community member Joan Nin (Slack: @ninjoan).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Are you afraid that your email marketing efforts using Mautic will be affected by spam bots? Wish that there was another alternative that didn’t involve CAPTCHAs? Research shows that CAPTCHAs are having a negative impact on conversions.<\/p>\n

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The short story is that CAPTCHAs kill conversions. (source<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The pain is even bigger if you have a high traffic website and use external email services like Amazon SES, Sendgrid and Sparkpost. If you don\u2019t control these spam bots, you won’t be in compliance with their spam rules.<\/p>\n

You know what? You aren\u2019t alone.<\/p>\n

Honeypot Method<\/h3>\n

There is a way to get past this struggle, even if you are not a developer. The solution is to implement an approach called the Honeypot method, in your Mautic forms.<\/p>\n

First, login to your Mautic instance. Go to Settings<\/strong> (cog icon), then Custom Fields<\/strong>. In the Custom Field window, add a new field.<\/p>\n

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In the Label<\/strong> field lets call this honey<\/strong>, click Save & Close<\/strong>, and continue to the next step.<\/p>\n

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The Setup<\/h3>\n

Now, let’s go to the forms we need to protect using the honeypot method. I would suggest going to the forms that are more prone to attack.<\/p>\n

Add a new email field in the forms and select call it email2<\/strong> and map that field to the honey field we created.<\/p>\n

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Now in Mautic v2.8+ we have a new field type called HTML Area<\/strong>, we’re going to use this field and add the follow code in the HTML area;<\/p>\n

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