---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mario Domenech Goulart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 21 Jul 2007 08:33:54 -0300 Subject: Re: [Chicken-users] does adding numbers stop spam? To: Brandon Van Every <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: chicken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi Brandon, On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:35:09 -0400 "Brandon Van Every" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Making a wiki users add some numbers before they commit an edit was instituted as an anti-spam measure. Did it work? I ask because the CMake authors recently adopted a draconian restriction on their bug tracker, that only the reporter and the owner of a bug would be able to make changes to it. Pretty bad idea I think, so I'm wondering if the adding numbers trick solved the spam problem.
I think the combination of simple arithmetic problems and the locking of the main page has helped to block spam (maybe spammers give up after failing to mess up the main page?). It's been pretty effective. In the past we had to revert spam at least twice a day. Now it's been quite rare. Best wishes, Mario _______________________________________________ CMake mailing list CMake@cmake.org http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
