Problems with PLUS's "Type the letters you see"

[Michael Bell]

I recently went to Nepal. I tried to use my PLUS account ("beaverbell"
is hosted on it) as webmail. I could read and delete my emails, but I
could not send because the "Type the letters you see" (is there a
correct word for this device?) just wouldn't let me in.

I tried with and without CAPS, others agreed that I had typed in
right-looking strings. It sometimes takes 2 or 3 tries to get through
this step, but dozens of tries still didn't work.

The computers and software I used varyied between very old and
probably pirated and up to date and probably kosher. It made no
difference.

Have others had this problem?

I really can't put up with it. One of the good reasons for having your
own domain name is that you can change your ISP if it doesn't meet the
needs.

Michael Bell

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[Brian Howlett]

On 21 Oct, Michael Bell wrote:

> "Type the letters you see" (is there a correct word for this device?)

CAPTCHA.

http://www.captcha.net/
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[Kevin Wells]

In message <6cccc5ad50....@michael.beaverbell.co.uk>
Michael Bell <mic...@beaverbell.co.uk> wrote:

>I recently went to Nepal. I tried to use my PLUS account ("beaverbell"
>is hosted on it) as webmail. I could read and delete my emails, but I
>could not send because the "Type the letters you see" (is there a
>correct word for this device?) just wouldn't let me in.
>

CAPTCHA

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA>

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>
>Michael Bell
>

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