Title: “Send Message”
Last modified: September 21, 2020

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# “Send Message”

 *  Resolved [liznilsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/liznilsen/)
 * (@liznilsen)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/send-message-2/)
 * We are getting spam messages via the “Send Message” box – is there a way to get
   rid of it? It doesn’t provide particular value for our use. We can put something
   in the profile text like:
 * Contact John at Johndoe AT gmail DOT com.
 * thanks.

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 *  Plugin Support [bobbied](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobbied/)
 * (@bobbied)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/send-message-2/#post-13436121)
 * Hi [@liznilsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/liznilsen/)
 * Thanks for your question. I’m sorry to hear that you ran into issues with this!
 * We fully understand your issue with the spamming of inboxes. I’m not sure how
   your customers would feel about making their email addresses public, though, 
   so you may want to ask them about that. We recommend not doing that to help avoid
   spam to the email address.
 * This is a common problem on all sites with user-generated content, and we fight
   with the same issues you do regarding spam. Have you had a chance to do the standard
   things, like requiring registration for sending messages? That’s under Directory
   > Settings > Listings > Contact Form.
 * We also have reCAPTCHA settings that come with the plugin. Those settings are
   under Directory > Settings > General tab > reCAPTCHA sub-tab and the setting 
   details are here: [https://businessdirectoryplugin.com/knowledge-base/general-tab/#recaptcha](https://businessdirectoryplugin.com/knowledge-base/general-tab/#recaptcha)
 * Finally, and this is our best recommendation from outside the plugin, we have
   recently employed WP Bruiser on our own site, and we seem to be having a good
   deal of success with that. You can learn more about it here: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/goodbye-captcha/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/goodbye-captcha/)
 * Please let me know if you have any other questions or issues!
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by [bobbied](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobbied/).

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