I have never been in a chat room. Don't know how to do it???? > LARRY S
----- Original Message ---- From: kathy kendall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 9:20:19 PM Subject: Re: [Y!M] Re: New entry process for chat rooms I tried thier new chat room thing, verified my account and all, but it still wont put me in rom I ask for. Does anyone know why that is? Have a good week- end everyone! Kathy ----- Original Message ---- From: guess <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> To: Yahoo_Messenger@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 5:39:56 AM Subject: [Y!M] Re: New entry process for chat rooms 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 Yahoo_Messenger@ yahoogroups. com, Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > 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! > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC
