It's more of the deal that bots flood a certain person with these requests, otherwise a normal form like Yahoo used to do with email confirmation would be enough. They must be, by the appearance of things, be trying to curb that problem as well.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher J Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 11:42 PM Subject: Re: launchcast radio and the my station > I'm not sure how it works since I've yet to get an email response. My > understanding is that there's more to it than just typing "email" in the > edit box. My understanding is that this then kicks off a procedure where > an email is sent and replied to, similar to the verification procedure > used when signing up for some mailing lists. Of course, a bot could > automate all of this and work around this safe guard, but I'm sure bots > could also use OCR to grab the text in the image too. > > Christopher > > Christopher J Chaltain > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Brent Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 12/28/2005 07:05 PM > Please respond to > "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > > > To > "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > cc > > Subject > Re: launchcast radio and the my station > > > > > > > So now all yahoo stuff lets you put in email for the code thingy? The > trouble is that provides them no bot protection at all, a bot, when > programmed, could put the word email in the box too. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher J Chaltain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 5:26 PM > Subject: Re: launchcast radio and the my station > > >>I tried to sign up for this service with no luck. They guard against > bots >> by presenting an image and prompting you to type in the code you see in >> the image. They have an alternative where you can just type "email" in >> the edit box instead of the code presented in the image, and the rest of >> the sign up procedure will be done via email. I did this, but never got >> any email back. I submitted a problem report, but again, I got no >> response. Does anyone know if this service is still active? The home >> page seems to be updated frequently. BTW, it looks promising, both from >> the amount of content that seems to be available and the attention to >> accessibility. >> >> Christopher >> >> Christopher J Chaltain >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> Darrell Shandrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> 12/18/2005 10:35 AM >> Please respond to >> "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> >> >> To >> "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> cc >> >> Subject >> Re: launchcast radio and the my station >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> Seems there is a similar service that is more accessible. Check this > out: >> >> http://www.bluebeat.com >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tyler Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 9:32 AM >> Subject: Re: launchcast radio and the my station >> >> >>>I will be addressing this to yahoo. If I get no response, I will simply >>>tell >>> them, or ask them, why they have a center for visually impaired people >> to >>> create acounts, yet they provide no accesibility. I guess I'll be > forced >> >>> to >>> resort to real player 10 again. >>> >>> Tyler >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Richard Claypool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 9:23 AM >>> Subject: Re: launchcast radio and the my station >>> >>> >>>> nope, and I've been mucking with it for like 4 years. Yahoo and >>>> accessability are not good friends. >>>> >>>> Rick >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Tyler Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>>> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 10:19 AM >>>> Subject: launchcast radio and the my station >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I know you have to rate stations with this radio system: >>>>> http://ca.music.yahoo.com/launchcast/stations/default.asp >>>>> >>>>> or rather, your station, if you have one. (You have to sign up to >> yahoo! >>>>> to be able to make your own station). >>>>> >>>>> Anyway, has anyone got the rating system to be accesible; or even >>>>> usable? >>>>> >>>>> thanks, >>>>> Tyler >>>>> >>>>> PS: usually, I just listen to the stations that it lists, but I'd > like >> >>>>> to >>>>> have my own kustom station (say, I want it mixed: pop, rock, >>>>> alternitive, >>>>> etc etc). >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>>>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> >>>>> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. 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