--- In [email protected], "guess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> A great change, and it's 98% perfect. Only issue is I still see bots
> in some of the rooms. Also it looks as if there's a moderator in the
> rooms? If we see a bot, anything that can be done proactively?
>
> Again thanks for the hard work...
>
> --- In [email protected], Tom <ozz4981@> wrote:
> >
> > Ty ... Good morning every one
> > August 29, 2007 on 9:32 am
> > <http://blog.messenger.yahoo.com/blog/2007/08/29/new-entry-process-
> for-chat-rooms/#comments>
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > To help reduce the number of automated bots, we've implemented a
> new
> > process for entering the Yahoo! Messenger chat rooms
> > <http://messenger.yahoo.com/feat_chatrooms.php> known as Captcha
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha>. Captcha is used elsewhere
> on
> > Yahoo! in places like Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Games to help verify
> that a
> > user is in fact human rather than an automated bot. Here's how it
> works
> > in the Yahoo! Messenger chat rooms...
> >
> > Once you've chosen a Yahoo! Messenger chat room, you'll be put into
> an
> > empty room (no text, no list of chatters) and see a chat message in
> the
> > room from a user named "Messenger Chat Admin". The message will
> contain
> > a link that says: "Please click here to verify your account. This
> step
> > is required before you can begin chatting". Click the link and a
> new
> > window entitled "Chat Room Verification" will open. Then enter the
> > characters that match the letters and/or numbers in the Captcha
> test
> > graphic. After successfully completing the Captcha test, you'll be
> > returned to the chat room and see a confirmation message:
> > "Congratulations! Your account is verified and you now have access
> to
> > chat rooms". Then just start chatting!
> >
>
