Re: signup bots

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2006


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 66921
interpreted = N
texte = What I have seen on other sites is either a CAPTCHA or an email confirmation with an opt-in link. CAPTCHA are those pictures with distorted letters and numbers that have to be typed in. Eventually the bots will catch up, but for now CAPTCHA seems to be in widespread use. The email opt-in requires that the user click a link in an email that you send. The problem with this is bots can easily do this. This only keeps out the malicious non-techie. Bill -----Original Message----- From: Lester Sent: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 05:12:35 -0700 (PDT) To: "WebDNA Talk" Subject: signup bots I have a signup form on a site that gets hit 3-4x a day by some kinda splog bot (used to be 1x every week or so). It sets up a profile and links to seo sites, all of which are plain old link farms.... I manually approve each signup, so it never becomes an active member... I know Yahoo uses text and number graphics randomly generated as a final item to be entered on a signup, and I've seen that same technique in php based message boards.... Anyone doing anything with webdna to prevent auto signups in forms? lester __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: signup bots ( Stuart Tremain 2006)
  2. Re: signup bots ( "Dan Strong" 2006)
  3. Re: signup bots ( Clint Davis 2006)
  4. Re: signup bots ( Stuart Tremain 2006)
  5. Re: signup bots ( devaulw@onebox.com 2006)
  6. Re: signup bots ( Kenneth Grome 2006)
  7. signup bots ( Lester 2006)
What I have seen on other sites is either a CAPTCHA or an email confirmation with an opt-in link. CAPTCHA are those pictures with distorted letters and numbers that have to be typed in. Eventually the bots will catch up, but for now CAPTCHA seems to be in widespread use. The email opt-in requires that the user click a link in an email that you send. The problem with this is bots can easily do this. This only keeps out the malicious non-techie. Bill -----Original Message----- From: Lester Sent: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 05:12:35 -0700 (PDT) To: "WebDNA Talk" Subject: signup bots I have a signup form on a site that gets hit 3-4x a day by some kinda splog bot (used to be 1x every week or so). It sets up a profile and links to seo sites, all of which are plain old link farms.... I manually approve each signup, so it never becomes an active member... I know Yahoo uses text and number graphics randomly generated as a final item to be entered on a signup, and I've seen that same technique in php based message boards.... Anyone doing anything with webdna to prevent auto signups in forms? lester __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ devaulw@onebox.com

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