[wp-hackers] Anti spam idea

[Robert Deaton]

This has been suggested and implemented before using the captcha
software. I'm not sure if there are any publically released plugins
that use it yet, but I assure you there will be at least 1 within the
next few days posted to this list.


On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:16:35 -0600, Ethan King <ferrill at gmail.com> wrote:
> It seems like is should be possible for WP to impliment the same kind
> of anti automation that sites like Yahoo! use.  We could create a
> image for each letter in the latin (english) alphabet and number 1-10
> that are manipulated to make if very difficult for a spam posting
> program to read.
> 
> That way the person making the comment only has to enter the 6
> charater "code" to make the post.  The benefits are no moderation and
> no keywords.
> 
> I am attaching an example picture from Yahoo!
> 
> Just a thought,
> -Ethan
> 
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