Re^3: CGI Honeypot?

If you leave the field empty and expect it to be empty, most bots will do just that.

But there are also bots that will fill arbitrary values into fields.

In both cases, your form will be used to send spam.

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Re^4: CGI Honeypot? by Hans Castorp (Sexton) on Jul 18, 2014 at 19:07 UTC
Hmm. But how will the bot know I want it empty? It looks like any other field on the form.	[reply]
Re^5: CGI Honeypot? by Anonymous Monk on Jul 18, 2014 at 19:09 UTC
Hmm. But how will the bot know* I want it empty? It looks like any other field on the form.* It doesn't have to know, its a bot, it will just try things -- if it works, great -- if it doesn't work, great -- its a robot	[reply]