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axelseaa
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captcha issue with spamblock

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I have a multisite setup running for s9y, and there is 1 blog that for some reason is having very odd issues with the spam block captcha. It doesn't make alot of sense since the blog runs off the same code base as other blogs that do not have the issue.

Here is a snapshot of the display captcha and the value entered:

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As you can see, i have entered the proper captcha. When i click submit, it however fails and says the captcha doesn't match. Here is the reason logged in the database: Invalid captcha (Entered: HMQ, Expected: HQV).

Any suggestions? The odd thing is that other blog's use this same plugin (it installed in the shared source folder) and it works just fine there. I'm stumped for the time being. Thanks!
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Post by axelseaa »

I forgot to mention, this is running s9y 1.0
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Post by jhermanns »

that's a really weird effect. (how) do the spamblock settings differ? what os/server/dbms are you running on?
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jhermanns wrote:that's a really weird effect. (how) do the spamblock settings differ? what os/server/dbms are you running on?
I have set the exact same settings on both blogs. They are running no top of debian via apache 2.2, php 5.1.4 and mysql 5.

I cannot reproduce the issue on any other blog, which is just very very strange. Is it possible it could be tied to the theme somehow?
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Hi!

Which browser are you using? IE7 by any chance? It has known bugs with captchas.

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garvinhicking wrote:Hi!

Which browser are you using? IE7 by any chance? It has known bugs with captchas.

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Garvin
I've been using Firefox 1.5.0.4, and IE 6. The blog in question is at www.tysonhall.us
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Hi!

What is the other blog where it works running on? Are they on the same server?

It seems to be session or session cookie related, it seems...

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garvinhicking wrote:Hi!

What is the other blog where it works running on? Are they on the same server?

It seems to be session or session cookie related, it seems...

Best regards,
Garvin
They are on the same server, here are a couple others:

www.frozenpc.net
www.katiestravels.us
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Post by garvinhicking »

Hi!

Hey, it seems the spamblock plugin is simply installed twice on that blog. :-))

On older pages you can see two input forms:

http://www.tysonhall.us/serendipity/arc ... ater!.html

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garvinhicking wrote:Hi!

Hey, it seems the spamblock plugin is simply installed twice on that blog. :-))

On older pages you can see two input forms:

http://www.tysonhall.us/serendipity/arc ... ater!.html

HTH,
Garvin
Thats odd, I wonder how that happened. I didn't think that plugin could even be installed multiple times.

That did the trick, thanks garvin!
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Post by axelseaa »

The problem is now coming up on another blog: www.lakefive.net

I'm getting the following database error:
Invalid captcha (Entered: 27dwx, Expected: )
Invalid captcha (Entered: DHKLW, Expected: )
etc..

I removed the spamblock plugin completely, and reinstalled it .. but the problem still appears. What am I missing?

Thanks!
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Hi!

If "Expected:" is empty it means the PHP sessions on that blog do not seem to work, or the user entering it didn't have cookies enabled...

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garvinhicking wrote:Hi!

If "Expected:" is empty it means the PHP sessions on that blog do not seem to work, or the user entering it didn't have cookies enabled...

Regards,
Garvin
I was thinking that would probably the only reason this would ever happen. However, this morning it worked. So for now I'll just keep an eye on it.

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