<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>InputGate Blog</title><description>Insights on spam filtering, bot protection, AI content scoring, and building safer web applications.</description><link>https://inputgate.cloud/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Protect PHP Mail Forms from Direct Access and Email Injection</title><link>https://inputgate.cloud/blog/protect-php-mail-forms-from-direct-access/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://inputgate.cloud/blog/protect-php-mail-forms-from-direct-access/</guid><description>Your PHP contact form might be quietly forwarding spam to thousands of addresses. Here&apos;s how email header injection works, and how to close the door.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>PHP</category><category>Security</category><category>Email Injection</category><category>Web Forms</category><author>InputGate Team</author></item><item><title>Spam Filtering Without CAPTCHA: What Actually Works</title><link>https://inputgate.cloud/blog/spam-filtering-without-captcha/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://inputgate.cloud/blog/spam-filtering-without-captcha/</guid><description>CAPTCHAs cost you conversions. Here&apos;s how modern spam filtering works invisibly — and why it catches more spam than a puzzle ever did.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Spam Filtering</category><category>CAPTCHA</category><category>UX</category><category>Security</category><author>InputGate Team</author></item><item><title>Why Bots Bypass Traditional Spam Filters (And What to Do About It)</title><link>https://inputgate.cloud/blog/why-bots-bypass-traditional-spam-filters/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://inputgate.cloud/blog/why-bots-bypass-traditional-spam-filters/</guid><description>Keyword lists, IP blocklists, and CAPTCHAs were built for a different era of spam. Here&apos;s how modern bots evade all three — and what defenses actually hold.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Bot Detection</category><category>Spam Filters</category><category>Security</category><category>AI</category><author>InputGate Team</author></item><item><title>How InputGate Stops Spam Before It Lands</title><link>https://inputgate.cloud/blog/how-inputgate-stops-spam-before-it-lands/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://inputgate.cloud/blog/how-inputgate-stops-spam-before-it-lands/</guid><description>Most spam filters run after the fact — cleaning your inbox or flagging records after bad data is already in your system. InputGate takes the opposite approach.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Spam Filtering</category><category>API</category><category>How It Works</category><author>InputGate Team</author></item></channel></rss>