I have a Perl program on my server to prevent certain words being used when my contact form is submitted. For the most part it is working but a single "spammer" has somehow found a way around it. Here is the code.

$String=param('Message');

if ($String =~ /porn/) {

print "<p><font size=+4\">Goodbye</font></p>";
exit;}

if ($String =~ /sex/) {
print "<p><font size=+4\">Goodbye</font></p>";
exit;}

if ($String =~ /girls/ ) {
print "<p><font size=+4\">Goodbye</font></p>";
exit;}

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The rest of the program checks for "Not a Robot", Enter Anti Spam number, etc and then forwards the message to my email service. When I get an inappropriate message I can copy it and paste in my contact form and the message will not be sent, i.e. I get a "Goodbye" return. How can this be? How is the spammer getting by my safeguards?

Any and all help will be appreciated. Tks!

In reply to Blocking Inappropriate Content on Contact Form by Milti

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