[TriLUG] forum spammers (was: "Remote access")

[WA Brown]

Ive never heard of "captchas"

WA Brown



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Magnus" <magnus at trilug.org>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 8:13 AM
Subject: [TriLUG] forum spammers (was: "Remote access")


> WA Brown wrote:
>> I have it set so that I get an email and I have to screen them. I get 10 
>> or
>> so a day. I have the security on the register page as good as I can make 
>> it.
>
>
> Are you using captchas?  Some here are going to foam at the mouth for me
> even mentioning it but they do slow the automated spambots down pretty
> effectively.
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