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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] How to stop spammers

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 04:30:03PM -0400, Eric Brackenbury wrote:
> Hi Folks
> 
> I know this is not a Linux specific question but if anyone can help  :-))
> 
> OK so I moderate a Yahoo group and lately there has been a person who just
> uses a new email address every time they get banned.

Is this an automated spammer, or a manual one?  If automated,
you might have success with requiring that posters decipher
a captcha image for each new post.

If not, then perhaps go to moderated posts for a while.

bjb

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