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Re: anti-spam idea for this list



Alfredo writes:
> Would it be too difficult to use fuzzy images of the mail addresses
> instead of the text of the addresses itself to prevent programs from
> massively collecting address from the web archives of this list?

> I think that this method works because yahoo mail use it to prevent
> programs from creating accounts.

It also blocks blind people and anyone else using non-graphical software.

> If yahoo have solved their problem this way this list can too.

Yahoo doesn't care about accessibility.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI



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