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On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Michael Orlitzky <michael@××××××××.com>wrote: |
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> On 08/26/2010 04:29 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: |
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>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Kevin O'Gorman<kogorman@×××××.com> |
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>>> On a number of websites, I've been unable to see the "captcha" that I |
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>>> need |
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>>> to complete my business. Neither the image nor the response show up. |
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>>> Opera, on the other hand, works fine (as does IE on my Windoze laptop). |
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>>> For instance, I can register (it's free) with the NY Times, read an |
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>>> article |
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>>> (example: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/world/asia/26kabul.html) but |
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>>> if |
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>>> I try to email this to anyone using the link that appears on the page, |
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>>> I'm |
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>>> confronted with a dialog that should have a captcha and a box for my |
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>>> answer. It does not appear, and I cannot proceed. |
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>> I can't try that page because it requires an account to email to |
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>> someone else. But, in general, my first suspects would be if you're |
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>> using NoScript or AdBlockPlus and perhaps they are not allowing the |
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>> javascript from the captcha service to run. |
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> I just emailed myself that article, and there was no Captcha? Only had to |
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> disable NoScript to get the "E-mail" popup to show. |
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> That's normal. I hadn't noticed, but the captcha does not appear until you |
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type something in the message box of the email popup. On the systems with |
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the fault, all I see is a message: "Word verification prevents automated |
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systems from adding spam messages to your email." |
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On Opera or IE, one also sees the captcha and a field to fill out. |
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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD |