Re: abused webmail

[Pavel Urban <urbanp@xxxxxx>]

Paul Hutchings wrote:
> Perhaps could you limit the number of accounts that can be created from an
> IP address within a given time period, or I've seen sites that when you
> signup have a picture with a random number "hidden" in it to work around
> automated signups.. 
>
> I don't know what more you could do (probably digressing a little here but
> I'd be interested what others would suggest), but I would say that if you
> allow spam but try to limit the rate rather than stop the spammers you will
> end up blacklisted which tends to not be good for business plans :-)
>
> good luck with whatever you do!
>
> Paul
Unfortunately, we're not dealing with robots this time. These are real 
people that are creating such accounts. We have some protection against 
robots in place (like that obscured bitmap picture you've suggeted), but 
these people are just doing account creation manually. They probably 
have lots of time... and coming from many places all around the world.
Anybody knows how big sites like Yahoo are dealing with this...? I know 
this is going a bit off-topic, so let me know personally if you think 
others may feel irritated... thanks!
P.U.