Turn Off "Send Copy to Submitter" in Joomla Contact Component

Written by: Tim Davis Created: 08 May 2023

Category: Maintenance Monday

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There is a setting in the core Joomla Contact Component that you should turn off in order to prevent spambots from sending spam through your contact forms. In this video we see where that setting is and also a handy tool for easily changing that setting on multiple Joomla sites that you manage!

00:00 - Introduction and Sponsor

00:28 - Overview and Importance of Disabling the Feature

00:44 - Demonstration on a Single Joomla Site

01:16 - Steps to Disable the Feature

01:51 - Managing Multiple Joomla Sites with MySites.Guru

02:23 - Additional Features and Conclusion

Summary

In this video, Tim Davis explains how to disable the "Send Copy to Submitter" feature in Joomla's contact component to prevent spam bots from sending spam emails. He provides a step-by-step guide to disable the feature on a single Joomla site and demonstrates how to manage multiple sites using MySites.Guru. By following these steps, Joomla administrators can reduce spam and improve the security of their contact forms.

Introduction and Sponsor:

Tim Davis introduces the video and acknowledges the sponsor, MySites.Guru, which offers free site audits for Joomla sites.

Overview and Importance of Disabling the Feature:

Tim explains the problem caused by the "Send Copy to Submitter" option in Joomla's contact forms, which allows spam bots to send spam emails by inputting various email addresses.

Demonstration on a Single Joomla Site:

Tim shows how to navigate to the core contact component in the Joomla backend to disable the problematic feature.

Steps to Disable the Feature:

Navigate to Components > Contacts > Options.

Locate the "Send Copy to Submitter" setting.

Change the setting from "Show" to "Hide".

Click Save and Close to apply the changes.

Managing Multiple Joomla Sites with MySites.Guru:

Tim explains how MySites.Guru can be used to disable this feature across multiple Joomla sites efficiently.

Additional Features and Conclusion:

Tim shows the dashboard in MySites.Guru where you can manage multiple sites.

He demonstrates how to disable the "Send Copy to Submitter" feature for all managed sites.