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Fighting forum spam?

Discussion in 'vBulletin' started by abstroose, Jan 8, 2010.

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  1. Agent000

    Agent000 Prominent Member

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    #21
    Rubbish. Some of automated programs just stop/pause and wait for a human to come along and answer it.
     
    Agent000, Jan 14, 2010 IP
  2. munnakv

    munnakv Active Member

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    #22
    If you dont get it, leave it. :rolleyes:
    Neither you nor I have to prove anything.
     
    munnakv, Jan 15, 2010 IP
  3. ThreeGuineaWatch

    ThreeGuineaWatch Well-Known Member

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    #23
    Then you should look here: http://decaptcher.com/client/

    Using reCAPTCHA they will have a hard time circumventing captcha images.
     
    Last edited: Jan 15, 2010
    ThreeGuineaWatch, Jan 15, 2010 IP
  4. theapparatus

    theapparatus Peon

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    #24
    reCaptcha's been known to be readable for quite some time now.
     
    theapparatus, Jan 15, 2010 IP
  5. ThreeGuineaWatch

    ThreeGuineaWatch Well-Known Member

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    #25
    Yes, I noted your remark the first time. Nonetheless, adding reCAPTCHA to my forums reduced spam by 90%. This is empirical fact irrespective of whether you believe reCAPTCHA is reliably readable.
     
    ThreeGuineaWatch, Jan 15, 2010 IP
  6. abstroose

    abstroose Notable Member

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    Thanks for all the suggestions, I will experiment with them and see what's most effective.
     
    abstroose, Jan 16, 2010 IP
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