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ChrisNewsome
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5 years ago

BOTs are killing my contact form on my website...

I use a contact us form on our website which automatically creates a customer in Quick Base. Then an automation fires to create a task for someone to contact them. This has worked great for a couple o...
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MarkShnier__You
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5 years ago
You cannot just invent you own wild card language with the *

Just do this


when the customer name contains "http://"




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Mark Shnier (YQC)
Quick Base Solution Provider
Your Quick Base Coach
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mark.shnier@gmail.com
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    ChrisNewsome
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    5 years ago
    well * are usually wildcards, I had hoped that would work. :) 

    Prior to that, I had tried just "http" with no success.

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    Thanks,
    Chris Newsome
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      MarkShnier__You
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      5 years ago
      The http should work.  Can I see you full code or a screen shot of the Automation Filter.

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      Mark Shnier (YQC)
      Quick Base Solution Provider
      Your Quick Base Coach
      http://QuickBaseCoach.com
      mark.shnier@gmail.com
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        ChrisNewsome
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        5 years ago
        The http:// did work. It's already killed 27 in the last hour. thanks as always!

        Any ideas how I could prevent it at all? I think my automation might end up running hundreds of times this week. I would love to make a form rule or something but that didn't work either.

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        Thanks,
        Chris Newsome
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