[LRUG] Anti-spam measures

[James Adam]

On 26 Nov 2008, at 17:25, Paul Battley wrote:

> 2008/11/26 James Adam <james at lazyatom.com>:
>> I implemented defensio a while back, but I think I must've done  
>> something
>> wrong as it didn't work well. Then I added a text box that  
>> commenters had to
>> type "human" into, and the spam attempts slowly dwindled away.
>
> I've been using exactly the same scheme (type 'human' in a box) since
> May, and I've not had a single spam since.
>
> http://po-ru.com/diary/how-dedicated-are-the-spammers/

(I copied my idea from Paul, but I like James' javascript twist on it)

James