Posted by Neredbojias on 02/26/07 16:48

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:58:43 GMT Sherm Pendley scribed:

> "Tina Peters" <tina@axishost.com> writes:
>
>> "Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
>> news:MPG.2048729f1db13d3998a9ef@news.individual.net...
>>> Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:31:09 -0500 from Tina Peters
>>> <tina@axishost.com>:
>>> > http://www.formmailscript.com We went from about 10 to 1
>>> > spam/legit email to zero spam when we started using it.
>>>
>>> "Simply edit a few bits if information" -- that creates a real sense
>>> of confidence.
>>
>> If you aren't able to fill in your email address and what you want
>> for the subject of your email, so the form knows where to send the
>> results too...then you have more problems than form spam. ;-)
>
> That's not what Stan was referring to. Gross misspellings like "bits
> if information" are not confidence-builders.
>
>>> The site asks me to spend $10 for the product with no chance to try
>>> it. No thanks.
>>
>> 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".

Hah! You ought to try a few those (many) "unlimited music download"
sites which pop up in Google searches for d/l-able music. Some actually
charge for the "privelege" of downloading a _freeware_ music-sharing
program! Yeah, I got suckered once - because I didn't read carefully
enough, perhaps. I was looking for sites that charged on a per song
basis, not for whole cds.

> 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.
>
> sherm--
>



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Neredbojias
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