From: Ben <westbywest-AT-riseup.net>
Date: 04 May 2007 20:25:38 UTC   (02:25:38 PM in author's locale)
To: imc-tech-AT-lists.indymedia.org

Howdy Sofia,

The dadaIMC captcha function does not generate a random code on each
individual page load, but rather one image that lasts for a period of
time. Although this is of limited effectiveness for deterring spam, it
is substantially better than nothing.

Also, do I infer that you changed the otherpress module PHP yourself to
display the captcha field? Last time I checked, the latest codebase
from dadaimc.org didn't have captcha support for otherpress.

To help out other folks using dada, could I ask that you send your
modified PHP to the imc-tech-AT-lists.indymedia.org list, to the dadaIMC
list dadaIMC-AT-lists.dadaimc.org, or to me directly if there is concern
about posting spam-deterrent code on a public list?

Thanks.

Sofia JarrinT wrote:
> hi!!
>
> Sorry I'm writing this so late... We're getting ready for big protests
> over here for the BioTech conference, which will be for a good 5 days.
> We're having spam issues and I'm trying to set up a catpcha system in
> our Other Press section. I'm pretty close. See:
>
> boston.indymedia.org/otherpress/index.php
>
> It's there but it's not randomizing.
>
> Also see our main site the In Other Press section to see our spam issues:
> boston.indymedia.org/
>
> I wouldn't be a stickler for this but the levels of spam *has* shut down
> our server before, and I just don't want that to happen during these
> protests... We've opened a mirc channel for folks to help...
>
> peace,
> sofia
>
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