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 1M9ZYK-0003Zw-Hq for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 28 May 2009 06:57:24 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 872D9E0375; Thu, 28 May 2009 06:57:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pz0-f114.google.com (mail-pz0-f114.google.com [209.85.222.114]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5298FE0375 for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 06:57:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk12 with SMTP id 12so427613pzk.32 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 23:57:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=48zdzWx78PYGe8qXG4qRClH45J5153x9i72UXcg6Yus=; b=vB3s/lVSiiDcolKASGzmYVPtJKx/fuk6sCjdapil3uQrtnxQ7rqsmRhMJXtW5q1VzL vISBTuMP1EBX2HdHnWw6MV9y4ixr+OABWt39svOasbwGJna2dKeQiMdR/jUaS/mqXSDD FQOtDrAeuKozTVJbRzZPXvNugNVN3ShAX2+5A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=jryWZUm1wt9pvki4nRAFqwoO+lP6r6VdisCekeLeri9mFACRplZqP0D1On1W4A1UVx suBxE9uU4/6Uos5mpsWTdsWzEiGcZQI8lH9ZGnubMr0dKcFRbG6kSMzUlnhqH3en5ULD Cqn+eDDzR+C/r7HGGmzPX2AYBMcKfhIAPMZ1U= 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 Received: by 10.142.237.19 with SMTP id k19mr315197wfh.68.1243493842707; Wed, 27 May 2009 23:57:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1243491574.10450.31.camel@localhost> References: <1243454459.3480.2@NeddySeagoon> <1243491574.10450.31.camel@localhost> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 12:27:22 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Spam reduction proposal - switching lists to a web-form for subscription From: Nandeep Mali To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: f2f025b7-ff45-44b5-b335-1b5e55b07d48 X-Archives-Hash: e572ccb28e323af0eec1fade21ae8534 On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Tiziano M=FCller wr= ote: > 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. 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. Regards Nandeep