From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M9bQ6-0007Ky-N7 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 28 May 2009 08:57:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 95044E03F1; Thu, 28 May 2009 08:57:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.tmcs.ch (113.245.131.213.static.inetbone.net [213.131.245.113]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 683F7E03F1 for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 08:57:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [89.206.68.127] (dhcp-vpn-89-206-68-127.unizh.ch [89.206.68.127]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.tmcs.ch (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AFF9016449A4; Thu, 28 May 2009 10:57:00 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Spam reduction proposal - switching lists to a web-form for subscription From: Tiziano =?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=FCller?= To: Nandeep Mali Cc: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: <1243454459.3480.2@NeddySeagoon> <1243491574.10450.31.camel@localhost> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-mEiFKmUXH7Hmeb6rqtZb" Organization: Gentoo Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 10:57:00 +0200 Message-Id: <1243501020.10450.46.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.1.1 X-Archives-Salt: fe0e106f-95b9-4715-9b02-1d345c0efdce X-Archives-Hash: b304e18fe2267a7a2e1764503ae4cb9a --=-mEiFKmUXH7Hmeb6rqtZb Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am Donnerstag, den 28.05.2009, 12:27 +0530 schrieb Nandeep Mali: > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Tiziano M=C3=BCller wrote: > > An alternative (which works quiet well with my blog): > > have an empty css-hidden input field in the form and check for it being > > empty when submitting the form. Bots will fill it out since they ignore > > CSS mostly. > > Advantage: it's hidden for all users and for those where it isn't > > (Screen-Readers) you can add a normally hidden description stating this > > is a spam-catching-field intentionally left blank. >=20 > Interesting idea. :) But once they get to know about the trick, they > might just bypass it. A blog will not be as lucrative as Gentoo site, > so the bot-makers could go to extra lengths to get their bots working. no, not even the Gentoo site is worth the bot-maintainers time. But instead of returning an error, just say that everything's ok and discard the request silently. --=20 Tiziano M=C3=BCller Gentoo Linux Developer, Council Member Areas of responsibility: Samba, PostgreSQL, CPP, Python, sysadmin, GLEP Editor E-Mail : dev-zero@gentoo.org GnuPG FP : F327 283A E769 2E36 18D5 4DE2 1B05 6A63 AE9C 1E30 --=-mEiFKmUXH7Hmeb6rqtZb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkoeUdwACgkQGwVqY66cHjBAoACcCOTqG+EHJMjqsBDfLpkv8PZT 5QYAnjA7N+GYZyku8f7pq86aUX01X0ma =PwEw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-mEiFKmUXH7Hmeb6rqtZb--