[wp-hackers] authimage

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Mark Jaquith mark.wordpress-at-txfx.net |wordpress hackers list 092004| 
wrote:

> I very much doubt this will ever make it into the core... it should 
> stay a plugin.  I also think that any CAPTCHA should be optional for 
> the commenter.  If the CAPTCHA isn't filled in, send the post to 
> moderation.  The CAPTCHA just gives you a way of knowing that the 
> comment is definitely legit.

Perhaps human-generated, but not necessarily legit. There is still 
significant value in hand-dropped link spam.