Mollom is a new web service that helps you protect the integrity of user-generated content on your site by blocking or filtering out spam with an innovative system. Instead of simply classifying user-added content as ‘spam’ or ‘ham,’ Mollom adds a third ‘unsure’ category. Messages determined to be spam are automatically discarded, ham messages automatically make it through, and only those messages classified as ‘unsure’ are presented with a CAPTCHA challenge to confirm that the user adding the content is human. Of course, like any program, Mollom can make mistakes. But if a spa... read more
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