<\/a>2. Add CAPTCHA Protection<\/h2>\nAdding a CAPTCHA field helps prevent automated bots from submitting forms.<\/p>\n
\n- Edit your form and add a CAPTCHA field (found under Advanced Fields).<\/li>\n
- Place the CAPTCHA near the Submit<\/strong> button for optimal visibility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n3. Restrict Access to UNC Users (If Applicable)<\/h2>\n
If your form is intended for internal use, consider limiting access to UNC-affiliated users:<\/p>\n
\n- We can help you enable Onyen authentication to limit access to UNC-affiliated users only.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/a>4. Review the Spam Tab in Gravity Forms<\/h2>\nGravity Forms automatically filters suspected spam entries.<\/p>\n
\n- Go to Forms > [Your Form] > Entries > Spam<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- Review entries periodically to ensure no valid submissions were flagged incorrectly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
5. Monitor Your Outlook Inbox<\/h2>\n
Occasionally, valid form submissions may be routed to your Junk or Spam folder in Outlook.<\/p>\n
\n- Check your spam folder regularly, especially if you are expecting submissions.<\/li>\n
- You may want to create a rule in Outlook to whitelist messages from your form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Need Help?<\/h2>\n
If you\u2019d like assistance applying any of the steps above or want help reviewing your form configuration, please contact the Web Team<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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If your form is intended for internal use, consider limiting access to UNC-affiliated users:<\/p>\n Gravity Forms automatically filters suspected spam entries.<\/p>\n Occasionally, valid form submissions may be routed to your Junk or Spam folder in Outlook.<\/p>\n If you\u2019d like assistance applying any of the steps above or want help reviewing your form configuration, please contact the Web Team<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some websites using Gravity Forms may experience spam submissions from bots. Below are some recommended steps to help reduce and manage unwanted submissions. 1. Enable the Anti-Spam Honeypot Gravity Forms includes a built-in honeypot feature that adds a hidden field to your form. Bots often complete this field, which flags the submission as spam. Go … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3206,"featured_media":0,"parent":2234,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-14273","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14273"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14809,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14273\/revisions\/14809"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n3. Restrict Access to UNC Users (If Applicable)<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>4. Review the Spam Tab in Gravity Forms<\/h2>\n
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5. Monitor Your Outlook Inbox<\/h2>\n
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Need Help?<\/h2>\n