Re: Problem with spambot detection

Whatever happened with this? Did it get resolved? Does anyone else
have this problem?

On 19 Jun 2006 21:06:58 -0700, Jeff Marshall <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yikes, that shouldn't be happening at all for anything other than well-known spambot user agents.
>
> I'll look into the stats on how often this is coming up.  I may follow up with you for some quick debugging help.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jeff Marshall
> [email protected]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  Ronald Nissley
> Date:  6/19/06 6:14 pm
> To:  [email protected]
> Subj:  [Gossip] Problem with spambot detection
>
> I frequently see the following when viewing (IE6 SP2) mailing list archives.
> It's very annoying!
>
>
> Spambot detected.
> Hi, our server has decided that you are, in fact, not a human being, but
> rather a sinister computer program designed to scoop up email addresses and
> bombard them with unsolicited advertisements.
>
> Since we find that kind of conduct reprehensible, we have decided to deny
> you access to our site.
>
> If we made a mistake, and you really are a human being, we apologize
> profusely. It just happens that your browser looks VERY similar to a known
> spambot. Try using a different browser and you should have no problem
> connecting to the site.
>
> Have a good day (and die, spambots, die)
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