[pmwiki-users] captcha in core it is a re of ... but answer does not work

Peter K.H. Gragert p.k.h.gragert at misc.utwente.nl
Mon Jul 14 11:14:25 CDT 2008


 

Because there are so many spammers (merciless as has been said and
experienced myself) I support the idea to add Captcha possibility(ies) in
the core. 

    

 

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> Van: pmwiki-users-bounces at pmichaud.com [mailto:pmwiki-users- 

> bounces at pmichaud.com] Namens ben at interdependentweb.com

> Verzonden: maandag 14 juli 2008 16:49

> Aan: PmWiki Users

> Onderwerp: Re: [pmwiki-users] Captchas in core? (was: pmform captchas 

> bypassed on thinkhost.com)

> 

> > Patrick R. Michaud wrote:

> > I see three possible solutions to this:

> >

> > 1.  Make Captcha part of the core, with Site.EditForm preconfigured to

> >     display a captcha whenever $EnablePostRequiresCaptcha is set.

> >

> > 2.  Leave Captcha as a recipe, but modify the distributed Site.EditForm

> >     to display a captcha whenever $EnablePostRequiresCaptcha is set.

> >

> > 3.  Provide a Site.EditForm with the Captcha recipe, and instructions

> >     to tell an admin how to configure it into the system (this actually

> >     may be the status quo).

> 

> I vote for #1.  I have more than a dozen PmWiki sites, and I have had 

> to manually add captchas to each one in turn as spammers have 

> discovered them.  Most of these sites require logins to edit pages, 

> but they then use PmForm or ZAP for email forms, message boxes, etc. 

> that work when not logged in.  Sooner or later, each of these forms 

> has been discovered and spammed mercilessly.  As soon as I install 

> Captcha (properly), the spamming stops.  I will no longer install 

> PmWiki without Captcha, so IMHO it belongs in core.  :-)

> 

> Thanks, Pm.

> Ben Stallings

> Interdependent Web

> 

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