On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 02:01:04PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >[ Please note the cross-post and Reply-To ] > > Anti-spam > --------- > Much of the work we've done has been to deal with the ever-present > spam problem. The main thrust of that is to stop drive-by spammers > by making it harder to create throw-away accounts. > > I added moin support for re-captcha for new account creation. Not a > very popular feature, but it basically worked OK. It's not friendly > for vision-impaired users (#678540), so we're probably going to > disable it soon; email verification is probably enough. > > I also added moin support for email verification for new accounts; > previously, signup would ask for an email address for password > recovery purposes but did no verification. Now, an account > activation link is sent and the link must be followed before logging > in is allowed with the new account.
And an update on this front already - I've disabled the recaptcha support already this week. We've since seen quite an uptick in spam attacks. :-( I may end up re-enabling it yet... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com You lock the door And throw away the key There's someone in my head but it's not me
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