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

[Benjamin Curtis]

I use the BrainBuster plugin at the Rails plugin directory, and it has  
served me well.  Spam traffic went to 0 after installing it, and has  
stayed that way for a very long time.

http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/brainbuster

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Benjamin Curtis
http://catchthebest.com/ - Recruiting software
http://www.bencurtis.com/ - Personal blog



On Dec 28, 2007, at 12:17 PM, Dave Myron 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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