Steve Herrick wrote: > On 7/22/07, Craig Ringer <craig at postnewspapers.com.au> wrote: > >> Turing tests like captchas are the only real way around this, and even >> they are incompletely effective (some bots are so good they can solve >> ones some humans can't - and let's not even talk about vision >> diabilities etc). > > On the lists and sites I run, I don't hesitate to delete addresses > from .ua and .ru addresses
... which on some lists may make sense, but it's less sensible here. The Scribus list has a worldwide audience and it's unlikely to be safe to assume that addresses from oft-abused ccTLDs are not legitimate in this case. OK, so the Scribus list has only had 3 users from .ru and none from .ua since I last truncated my archives in April 2006, but that's 3 people it's not really cool to bump off. In any case, this was a .de address . Spammers know that some people will accept the false positives and filter out .ru, so they'll prefer other addresses. > and anything that looks fake. In > borderline cases, I write people and ask them about their interest in > the list. It takes a bit more effort, but it's the only thing that > works. This works really well if you have moderated subscription enabled, and the list is small enough that managing it isn't prohibitive. I don't know whether it'd be possible for the Scribus list, but at this point IMO spam just isn't enough of a problem for it to be worth the fuss. -- Craig Ringer
