[Ruby] Recommended anti-spam controls - was Re: RubyHolic Down

[ben wiseley]

I've been using ReCaptcha - it's a bit hard to read but pretty easy to
implement (plugin).  http://recaptcha.net/

Akismet is also worth trying if you have really serious spam problems
http://akismet.com/ that captcha's aren't solving.

-ben

On Dec 28, 2007 12:17 PM, Dave Myron <dave.myron at contentfree.com> wrote:

> >
> > I'm gonna need to start putting anti-spam controls in there. :(
> >
>
> Hijacked! This has been floating around my brain for some time and
> would like to make a lazy-web request:
>
> What are some recommended anti-spam measures that are low-impact
> within the confines of Rails?
>
> In some places I've used a hidden form field whose value must be
> blank upon submission and this has helped filter out many spam bots
> since they tend to give every form field a value, even hidden fields.
> I'm curious about Rails-friendly captcha systems though. Seems like
> there are several out there; has any one a recommendation?
>
> Dave Myron
> Eachday
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