Posted by Tina Peters on 02/23/07 22:40

"Sherm Pendley" <spamtrap@dot-app.org> wrote in message
news:m2k5y9vxmk.fsf@local.wv-www.com...
> "Tina Peters" <tina@axishost.com> writes:
>
> > Its 2 small unencoded php files. Don't be silly.
>
> For one thing, charging $10 for "2 small unencoded php files" is beyond
> silly, and verging on dishonest. It's like charging for "hello world".

If someone needed "hello world" written with instructions, I'd do it for $10
because I need the money. I'm a single mom currently putting 2 kids through
college and a third coming up in 2 years. If I can package and market the
simplest thing, and someone can use it, I will and I make no apologies for
it.


> For another, they don't even work. That isn't an effective CAPTCHA. The
> verification letters are in the clear in the HTML, not embedded in an
image;
> it would take the stupidest script kiddie spammer about five minutes to
> automate a form submission for this form.

Yes, it does work. I'm not doubting that it can't be outsmarted and maybe
eventually it will. That said, I'm sure some wise alec is going to
purposely spam me...but we've gone from 10 spams to 1 legitimate email to
ZERO form spams since we started using it. We've been using it for several
months now and NOT ONE spam has made it through. Further, it doesn't have
the same usability issues that true CAPTCHA does.

Is it a perfect solution? No...its a $10 solution that works and is
incredibly easy for almost anyone to setup and get working.

--Tina

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