Thanks Brenda Now I know what the name of a distorted word security device is :-)) I will have a look and see if its applicable in the Yahoo groups situation. Regards Eric On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Brenda J. Butler <bjb [ at ] linuxbutler [ dot ] ca>wrote: > On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 10:09:28PM -0400, Eric Brackenbury wrote: > > Hi Brenda > > > > On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Brenda J. Butler <bjb [ at ] linuxbutler [ dot ] ca > >wrote: > > > > > 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? > > > > > > How do I tell? > > They spam faster than you can clean. And they can't answer captcha > questions correctly. > > > If automated, > > > you might have success with requiring that posters decipher > > > a captcha image for each new post. > > > > > > > So whats a captcha image, sorry I am not up to speed on this stuff > > It's a picture of a distorted word. People who want to post > to your site have to type in the word. The word is distorted > in such a way that optical character recognition on the word > will produce the wrong word, or no word. > > It's a way of telling whether a real person is responding to > your web page. See: http://xkcd.net/632 and > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha > > I haven't run any Yahoo groups, so I don't really know how you > would do this with a Yahoo group, sorry. > > > > If not, then perhaps go to moderated posts for a while. > > > > > > > Yes could do especially this time of year with lower group activity. > > Thanks > > Good luck ... > > bjb > -- http://www.therecycledteenager.blogspot.com/ Leave the Windoze closed :-)) But K-eep L-ocktite R-eady