Feature Request

[johnglow]

This is a great tool. So needed in Umbraco. Apologies if this is not the place to ask but it would be great if these spam protection features could be added.

• Optional Honeypot
• Add a feature to block by IP address
• Add an option to exclude links in messages
• Add a feature to block specific email addresses domains

Thanks so much!

[hexxu-dev]

Hi johnglow,

Thanks for your feedback. The suggestions are great and we are certainly going to include them in the next release.

[hexxu-dev]

We've just released 1.0.6 with the following additions, based on your feedback:

• Added option to exclude URLs from messages
• Added option to include a Honeypot field in forms

We will keep the issue open until the rest of the features are published.

[johnglow]

Speedy! We will try asap :)

[johnglow]

Great, we tried it out and can see

Honey pot is present (and not visible) - this is great.
URLs are removed from messages

[ivanlazarevic-omnicom]

Hi johnglow,

We've just released version 1.0.8 with IP address block feature added. Hope you'll find it useful.

Regarding the other request - blocking by email domain - can you please explain in a bit more detail what you meant by that?

[KhoiLong]

Hi,
First off, thanks a lot for this amazing package and for making it free! The current support for reCAPTCHA v3 is super helpful.
That said, I was wondering if you could consider adding support for reCAPTCHA v2 as well? Since v2 is free to use, it would be a great addition for those of us looking for a cost-effective solution.
Appreciate your hard work and looking forward to your thoughts on this!
Thanks again!

[hexxu-dev]

Hi,

Thanks a lot for the kind words - we really appreciate the support!

We're currently looking into adding an alternative verification service, and Cloudflare Turnstile is high on our list. It's free, privacy-friendly, and could be a great fit for many use cases.

We'll keep you posted as things progress.

[johnglow]

Hi johnglow,

We've just released version 1.0.8 with IP address block feature added. Hope you'll find it useful.

Regarding the other request - blocking by email domain - can you please explain in a bit more detail what you meant by that?

Regarding blocking by email domain.

We often see spammers use a common email format when entering data for a form.
So in the email field a spammer might add the email xxxx1@somedomain.com or xxxx2@somedomain.com. So it would be useful to be able to block specific email addresses or email domains "somedomain.com", when there is an email field. This can obviously be bypassed, but it can be very useful to reduce spam in some situations.

IP Rate limiting might also be helpful to stop spam.

[hexxu-dev]

Hi @KhoiLong and @johnglow,

Just a quick update - we've released version 1.0.9, which now includes support for Cloudflare Turnstile!

@KhoiLong - this should address your request for a cost-effective solution. Hope it works well for your use case!

@johnglow - appreciate the detailed explanation regarding email domain blocking. It’s a useful perspective, and we’ll keep it on our radar going forward.

Thanks again to both of you for your feedback and support!