On 20/01/12 15:51, Matthias Meißer wrote:
Am 20.01.2012 11:28, schrieb Thomas Davie:
On 20 Jan 2012, at 10:15, Andreas Labres wrote:
Wouldn't this result in a new process for spamming:
• Register
• email validation
• Spam the database with some bogus data, perhaps spelling out your
spam with motorways
• Post diary entry.

Yes indeed, I just tried to show of different alternatives. So why don't
we use just captchas before registering new users?

Because they don't make any difference to real humans, and it is my belief that the spammers targeting us are real humans.

Tom

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