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Post #315,768
by malraux
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10/17/09 2:09:19 PM
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New IWT uses registration to stop that
Which stops 99% of it. The small amount of spam we see here is from people manually registering accounts to post.

Keeping spam out of comments with open registration is difficult, but not impossible. Hidden form fields (honeypots) and a few other techniques can kill almost all of it.

Here's a good description of the techniques:

http://nedbatchelder...ext/stopbots.html
Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #315,769
by Another Scott
10/17/09 2:55:55 PM
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New Interesting. Thanks.
I see you posted a pointer to Ned's site there, too. :-)

Cheers,
Scott.
(Who often has trouble with Captchas, especially the fancy ones like - http://giveupinterne...hare-captcha-pic/ .)
Post #315,794
by malraux
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10/18/09 11:53:30 AM
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New It's basically a solved problem.
Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
     Let's see if this gets their attention - (drook) - (26) - Sept. 21, 2009, 09:26:08 AM EDT
         Indeed. -NT - (static) - Sept. 21, 2009, 09:32:41 AM EDT
         And when I get them on the phone ... - (drook) - (5) - Sept. 21, 2009, 09:48:04 AM EDT
             I copied that link to their legal and investor relations - (boxley) - (4) - Sept. 21, 2009, 09:57:15 AM EDT
                 I can get his contact, but I'll have to pay for it - (drook) - (3) - Sept. 21, 2009, 10:36:20 AM EDT
                     dont pay for it, they are scraping the same stuff we are - (boxley) - Sept. 21, 2009, 10:49:07 AM EDT
                     firstinitialLastname@domain? - (mvitale) - (1) - Sept. 21, 2009, 11:17:06 AM EDT
                         Well, it didn't immediately bounce, we'll see -NT - (drook) - Sept. 21, 2009, 11:24:08 AM EDT
         Hmmm ... - (drook) - (14) - Sept. 21, 2009, 12:08:30 PM EDT
             :) - (mvitale) - (4) - Sept. 21, 2009, 02:17:13 PM EDT
                 Not yet - (drook) - (3) - Sept. 21, 2009, 02:56:16 PM EDT
                     I'm not the only one - (drook) - Sept. 21, 2009, 03:33:05 PM EDT
                     Nicely worded. - (malraux) - (1) - Sept. 21, 2009, 03:47:05 PM EDT
                         Werd - (drook) - Sept. 21, 2009, 04:06:46 PM EDT
             Who else should I write? - (drook) - (8) - Sept. 21, 2009, 03:45:52 PM EDT
                 A few - (folkert) - (3) - Sept. 21, 2009, 04:26:01 PM EDT
                     Maybe not needed - (drook) - (2) - Sept. 21, 2009, 05:25:15 PM EDT
                         That seems to have done the trick. :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - (1) - Sept. 21, 2009, 06:38:31 PM EDT
                             They seemed much nicer on the phone this time - (drook) - Sept. 21, 2009, 06:48:51 PM EDT
                 Re: Who else should I write? - (boxley) - Sept. 21, 2009, 04:44:39 PM EDT
                 Remember "United Breaks Guitars"? - (Another Scott) - (2) - Sept. 21, 2009, 04:54:09 PM EDT
                     well its hard to sing and play trombone at the same time -NT - (boxley) - (1) - Sept. 21, 2009, 05:04:48 PM EDT
                         Dude, that's Scott ... I'm a drummer -NT - (drook) - Sept. 21, 2009, 05:25:50 PM EDT
         PZ resorts to that technique, too. - (Another Scott) - (3) - Oct. 17, 2009, 01:06:12 PM EDT
             IWT uses registration to stop that - (malraux) - (2) - Oct. 17, 2009, 02:09:19 PM EDT
                 Interesting. Thanks. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Oct. 17, 2009, 02:55:55 PM EDT
                     It's basically a solved problem. -NT - (malraux) - Oct. 18, 2009, 11:53:30 AM EDT

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