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Re: any ideas why a captcha image will not work

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:03 am
by php_east
JAB Creations wrote:1.) Bots are dumb.
maybe not so dumb. user registration on one of my sites requires email validation. the bots they have their own email now ! ( and background routine to click on the confirmation links ).

Re: any ideas why a captcha image will not work

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:56 am
by JAB Creations
Well if you emphasize an anti-spam tactic and all the spammers know about the tactic then of course they're going to adapt. :roll:

Why do you guys think I'm only giving you hints? :roll:

Re: any ideas why a captcha image will not work

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 4:19 pm
by Bill H
Why do you guys think I'm only giving you hints?
Because you're only giving us hints.
1.) What does an email scrapper want?

2.) Then what is an email scrapper going to request?

3.) What is an email scrapper not going to request?
1.) I don' know.
2.) I have no idea.
3.) Um, an ice cream?
Of course, I have no clue what an email scrapper is. It's back to mowing lawns for me.

Re: any ideas why a captcha image will not work

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 4:41 pm
by papa
php_east wrote:
JAB Creations wrote:1.) Bots are dumb.
maybe not so dumb. user registration on one of my sites requires email validation. the bots they have their own email now ! ( and background routine to click on the confirmation links ).
They've had it for quite some time actually. Had problems with that a couple of years back. I have a simple captcha on my site now and it seems to work.

Re: any ideas why a captcha image will not work

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:32 pm
by php_east
papa wrote:They've had it for quite some time actually. Had problems with that a couple of years back. I have a simple captcha on my site now and it seems to work.
yes, but today it is more of a rule rather than an exception. couple years back only the better one have it, now they have got jobs, money and more time to spend on their bots.

i would argue that captchas rather out of date by now and a real nuisance to humans. the idea is and what ~JAB Creations is on about is avoiding inconveniencing humans users while handling robots as they fit to be handled. i was at one site couple days back with 8 digits/alpha capture, and after three attempts i still could not get the chars right, and i abandoned registering the site, tired and with strained eyes. quite honestly i think it would be easier for the bots to get into that site than me.

Re: any ideas why a captcha image will not work

Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:31 am
by papa
I agree.

You should try Microsoft's captcha when downloading Messenger for example, very user friendly (not).