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#73 2018-05-25 12:27:16

Summer
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Re: com_connect - form and contact mailer

How to use third party (smtp) to send emails?

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#74 2018-05-26 07:59:23

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Re: com_connect - form and contact mailer

In zcr we used to have a zemError class. Is this no longer needed?


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#75 2018-05-26 09:14:32

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Re: com_connect - form and contact mailer

Hi Yiannis,

The class names have changed. It’s now called comError. More infos on changed class names in the docs.


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#76 2018-05-26 09:26:53

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Re: com_connect - form and contact mailer

As Jacob notes, The class name has changed. You probably still need an ‘error’ class , even as most browsers today do a validation for required fields. If the plugin detects some additional error, it can flag that and then uses that class to indicate the field that contains an error. Example: x @ x.com is accepted by most browsers as an email address, but the plugin rejects it (rightly so).


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#77 2018-05-26 10:21:18

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Re: com_connect - form and contact mailer

Thanks so much guys…


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#78 2018-05-30 20:32:57

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Re: com_connect - form and contact mailer

What’s the best way to protect the com_connect plugin from being used to send spam? I’ve read through this thread and the github stuff too, and there’s talk of using the API with pap_cleaner etc. but I can’t see a paint-by-numbers example anywhere… can anyone point me towards a walk through of best practice?

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#79 2018-05-31 05:45:32

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Re: com_connect - form and contact mailer

gavnosis wrote #312196:

What’s the best way to protect the com_connect plugin from being used to send spam? I’ve read through this thread and the github stuff too, and there’s talk of using the API with pap_cleaner etc. but I can’t see a paint-by-numbers example anywhere… can anyone point me towards a walk through of best practice?

Are there patterns in the spam email addresses? If they are Stef has provided a method here which is a conversion from the zcr plugin. Follow that thread regarding usage.


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#80 2018-05-31 08:45:28

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Re: com_connect - form and contact mailer

I just hoped it would work like magic ;-)
I’ll reinstate the contact form that was causing the problems and see what patterns I can see…

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#81 2018-05-31 11:44:22

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Re: com_connect - form and contact mailer

can i use the form with reCAPTCHA?

i inserted the provided line of code inside the com_connect code – but how to make it required?
right now it’s sender’s choice to solve it or not. ;)

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#82 2018-05-31 12:01:17

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Re: com_connect - form and contact mailer

gavnosis wrote #312203:

I just hoped it would work like magic ;-)
I’ll reinstate the contact form that was causing the problems and see what patterns I can see…

Just in case you may need some help on this. Here is the misc form named comcon_spam_patterns.tpl as used in our site, and I compiled Stef’s plugin which I posted here.


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#83 2018-05-31 14:08:06

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Re: com_connect - form and contact mailer

Thank you Yiannis,

I think I’ve understood this correctly:

Your compiled plugin is just an updated version of pap_contact_cleaner and which will then look for a form (of type misc. ) named comcon_spam_patterns, yes? And as soon as I spot the pattern of spammers I just edit this form?

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#84 2018-06-02 07:21:21

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Re: com_connect - form and contact mailer

colak wrote #312211:

Just in case you may need some help on this. Here is the misc form named comcon_spam_patterns.tpl as used in our site, and I compiled Stef’s plugin which I posted here.

Thanks for this – I’ve received some spam from a similar domain as yours business-capital-advisor.com. Hopefully that will keep them out of the mailbox.


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