Re: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-10 Thread Medard
Alex Tweedly wrote: > I took a similar approach, and didn't find the html + rev too akward ... OK, but it is enclosed in a rocket with several stories (?) ;-) How about comparing our scripts in the On-Rev forums? IMHO, it would be more appropriate to show

Re: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-10 Thread Alex Tweedly
I took a similar approach, and didn't find the html + rev too akward ... here's what I have -- the next section is the HTML form -- with rev snippets to fill in the default data or data already supplied put round(random(8)) into t1 put round(random(8)) into t2 p

Re: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-10 Thread Medard
Medard wrote: > and (I hope) I am getting rid of that spam :-)) Ahem! i got new spams -- but I am not sure, according to the date and hour (if the spammers post in another time zone?) Nonetheless, I closed the comments in the archived articles ;-) -- _

Re: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-10 Thread Medard
stephen barncard wrote: > you might do what Sarah did: create a simple handler to create, randomize > and ask a math problem to enter: I took eventually this solution :-) It was a little awkward to manage the mix of html and on-rev code, but I made it work -- not a very polished code, but it wor

Re: OT: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-07 Thread Bob Sneidar
They are not entirely useless. If they send a link to a single pixel white gif, and your email is set to download images upon opening, they now have another email address they can add to the "gold" list and sell for more money. I disable image downloading as standard procedure, only because I h

Re: OT: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-07 Thread Medard
Mike Bonner wrote: > Another option is that its a farm bot rather than a spam bot. Farms to see > if an account can be made, including a successful post, at which point it > logs the account info for later use. that seems to be that sort of spam ;-) again and again they put forward the same in

Re: OT: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-07 Thread Mike Bonner
Another option is that its a farm bot rather than a spam bot. Farms to see if an account can be made, including a successful post, at which point it logs the account info for later use. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please v

Re: OT: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-07 Thread Nonsanity
ot;collateral damages" of their bots or do you see any model of value they > take out of these entries? > Tiemo > > > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > > Von: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode- > > boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Bjö

AW: OT: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-07 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
; Gesendet: Montag, 7. März 2011 15:39 > An: How to use LiveCode > Betreff: Re: OT: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA) > > They make a lot of money. Normally there's some url hidden in the crap, and if > people go there they make 2 cents from google adverts. If they spam 2 million

Re: OT: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-07 Thread Björnke von Gierke
- >> boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Keith Clarke >> Gesendet: Sonntag, 6. März 2011 21:39 >> An: How to use LiveCode >> Betreff: Re: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA) >> >> ...I concur, what great ideas: >> a) language-independent, random simple math

OT: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-07 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode- > boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Keith Clarke > Gesendet: Sonntag, 6. März 2011 21:39 > An: How to use LiveCode > Betreff: Re: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA) > > ...I con

Re: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-06 Thread Keith Clarke
...I concur, what great ideas: a) language-independent, random simple maths questions that humans need to understand; b) deliberate hidden password field to capture bots; c) obscure names for login fields to confuse bots; d) simple validation repeat fields. I've learned so much about programming

Re: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-06 Thread Medard
Medard wrote: > What are your thoughts about that? Thank you for all your responses! Me too, i dislike Captchas, and I am glad of your suggestions! Medard -- lectures.medard.on-rev.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Pl

Re: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-05 Thread Peter W A Wood
our email >> Your emailForValidation >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/On-Rev-antispam-reCAPTCHA-tp3336762p3337116.html >> Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. &g

Re: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-05 Thread Björnke von Gierke
Your name > Your email > Your emailForValidation > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/On-Rev-antispam-reCAPTCHA-tp3336762p3337116.html > Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > __

Re: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-05 Thread Robert Mann
Hi so far the simple "double" field solution has eliminated spams : I just require the email info to be written a second time in order to check its validity. Your name Your email Your emailForValidation -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.

Re: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-05 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Jacque Landman Gay wrote: >> After all, on my modest On-Rev blog, I am beginning to get some spam ;-> > I had the same problem within a few minutes of putting up a contact > page. I started getting email from bots. My solution is dead simple but > I haven't received a single spam since

Re: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-05 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 3/5/11 9:46 AM, Medard wrote: Bonjour ! After all, on my modest On-Rev blog, I am beginning to get some spam ;-> In my blog, comments are written to separate text files -- so it's easy to delete and regenerate them when they are filled with spam ;-) But it is turning into a tedious work! I

Re: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-05 Thread Warren Samples
On Sat, 2011-03-05 at 16:46 +0100, Medard wrote: > Bonjour ! > > After all, on my modest On-Rev blog, I am beginning to get some spam ;-> > > In my blog, comments are written to separate text files -- so it's easy > to delete and regenerate them when they are filled with spam ;-) > > But it is

Re: On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-05 Thread stephen barncard
you might do what Sarah did: create a simple handler to create, randomize and ask a math problem to enter: What is 6+3 ? easily done in php or rev server and requires a human to work sqb On 5 March 2011 07:46, Medard wrote: > Bonjour ! > > After all, on my modest On-Rev blog, I am beginnin

On-Rev antispam (& reCAPTCHA)

2011-03-05 Thread Medard
Bonjour ! After all, on my modest On-Rev blog, I am beginning to get some spam ;-> In my blog, comments are written to separate text files -- so it's easy to delete and regenerate them when they are filled with spam ;-) But it is turning into a tedious work! I thought of a "reCAPTCHA" solution