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Posted by Darin McGrew on 02/23/07 23:49
Sherm Pendley <spamtrap@dot-app.org> wrote:
> The *only* reason you haven't gotten any spam yet is that no one has bothered
> to try yet.
Bingo. The effectiveness of such trivial tests depends on each site using a
different test, so it isn't worth the spammers' time to update their
spambots. Encouraging others to use the same trivial test that you use will
ultimately make your test less effective.
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Darin McGrew, mcgrew@stanfordalumni.org, http://www.rahul.net/mcgrew/
Web Design Group, darin@htmlhelp.com, http://www.HTMLHelp.com/
"You can't strengthen the weak by weakening the strong."
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