On mailing lists that I administer, unless I recognize the e-mail address, I always write asking the respondent to confirm that they are a real human being and not a 'bot. Someday, there will be an AI 'bot that will defeat my procedure, but it seems to have worked so far.

-- Bhaskar

Dan wrote:

Have you considered other alternatives?

Since most abusers probably run bots to do their bidding, why not try using "is a person there" test such as the popular "type the code that appears in
the graphic below".




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