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Re: I hate captchas

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From: John E. Brandt
Date: Mar 13, 2007 9:30AM

I'm not sure captchas even do what they are supposed to do.

I was using phpBB on one of my servers and despite the captcha element, I
was getting spam-bots by the dozen each day. It just got worse and worse so
I took the phpBB offline.

It sounds like we need a new method.

~j


John E. Brandt
Augusta, Maine USA
www.jebswebs.com