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Date:      Tue, 12 Aug 2014 16:49:42 +1000 (EST)
From:      Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>
To:        Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Alexandr Krivulya <shuriku@shurik.kiev.ua>, Anthony Jenkins <Scoobi_doo@yahoo.com>, "freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org" <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Dell E6330
Message-ID:  <20140812163156.V55956@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmok3VCaJ2_gsrpm6Ri7nu5UPeV11OioAeZoT33p1OfVdNg@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20140727092601.GA1719@La-Habana> <53D8E0E6.4000201@yahoo.com> <CAJ-Vmo=KzaOJ=iQ3hZTwA82WJFLydyRF1t_aYL5tUNU64zd67A@mail.gmail.com> <201408111547.40844.jhb@freebsd.org> <CAJ-Vmok3VCaJ2_gsrpm6Ri7nu5UPeV11OioAeZoT33p1OfVdNg@mail.gmail.com>

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On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:23:04 -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote:
 > On 11 August 2014 12:47, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote:
 > > On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 11:53:15 am Adrian Chadd wrote:
 > >> Lemme go ask.
 > >
 > > New accounts via the web were disabled due to spambots. :(  Adrian, if you
 > > mail the wiki admins to vouch for folks then accounts can be created, but we
 > > do need a better system because requiring that is going to make it hard to get
 > > details about random laptops added.
 > >
 > 
 > Cool. I'll go figure out how to do google apps then. I think it's
 > about time I learnt how to write web 2.2 apps anyway.

What about using CAPTCHA for signing up?  Maybe with email confirmation?  
Seems to rapacious spambots in lots of places, including one site I 
(albeit lightly) admin, and even eg http://whois.ausregistry.com.au/

Some people complain of being discouraged by bugzilla signup too ..

cheers, Ian



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