Subj : bots // Adobe After Effec
To   : Dumas Walker
From : MRO
Date : Mon Jul 04 2022 14:07:30

  Re: bots // Adobe After Effec
  By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Mon Jul 04 2022 08:56 am

 > > well i havent seen them really create an account on the web and then post.
 > > di
 > > they do that with runmaster's web?
 >
 > The ones that did it here initially created an account via telnet or SSH.
 > They even left an intelligible message to the sysop.  I am not sure which
 > interface the bot used (probably the web).

wow, really. that's crazy.
I never had any problems like that but 5 years ago i madecapcha thing to just mess up the bots.

when they post it's on the web.
 > AFAICT, that is the only current way to fix it.  I think there *might be*
 > an add-on that uses some sort of CAPTCHA to prevent bots from creating
 > accounts.  Seems like I have seen Daryl Stout talking about it before.


i dont think daryl has the mental fortitude to setup something like that.
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