Re: protect perl script from spammers


"Daniel Kaplan" <NoSPam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Matt Garrish" <matthew.garrish@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ZEUqf.2674$1Y4.304857@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>> Herd mentality does not make things right. I read what was being
>> discussed not as good/bad, but as inconvenience to the user, which is
>> what any captcha is.
>>
>> They also only make it more difficult to abuse a site, not impossible.
>> With a bit of brain power and a little time (or a really good OCR
>> program) you could write a program to take the graphic and determine the
>> code. It probably won't always work (hence the design premise of
>> captchas), but even 1/100 are good odds for spammers.
>
>
> Totally agree, and while the original poster has not replied again (nor
> posted in the proper forum,), just wanted to leave last bit of advice as
> in the path I chose, if it helps:
>
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Yes OP - being me - did not reply as have not been here for a liitle while
also as per the first reply I was politely told wrong forum and had not yet
got around to reposting in 'correct' forum.

Thanks

Greg


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