On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 12:25 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull <step...@xemacs.org>wrote:
> Mark Sapiro writes: > > > The asking of a question which requires an "obvious to a human but > > extremely difficult to a machine" answer is probably the best > > defence as long as the questions and answers aren't fixed over many > > Mailman installations. > > That's a great idea, actually! How about a standard (but optional) > feature for the subscription page like this: > > *Please read the following description carefully. You will be* > *tested on the content later. * > > This is the mailman-users list. It is used for communication > about the Mailman mailing list management software, primarily > among users, although developers often participate. > > To subscribe > > Your name: [ ] > Your email: [ ] > *Test question: * > * Do programmers of this package lurk here? (yes/no) [ ]* > > Of course the "test question" would be list-owner configured, a la the > "security question" for password recovery that is commonly > implemented. The portions enclosed in stars would only be generated > if the "test question" were non-blank. > > The answer to the "test question" could be further obfuscated by > placing it on a different page. Has this feature made it into 2.1.16rc2? If not, does someone have a patch? Thanks, Chuck ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
