[Freedos-devel] Would someone help me with my subscription ?

[Jose Antonio Senna]

I received this message, which seems genuine:

> From: "SourceForge.net" <***@slashdotmedia.com>
> To: <***@vivointernetdiscada.com.br>
> Subject: Important Account Information - Reconfirm Mailing List Subscriptions
> Date: sábado, 10 de junho de 2017 02:19
>
> Hi,
> Thanks for being a SourceForge user. Our records indicate that
> you are subscribed to the following project mailing lists:
>
> freedos-devel
> freedos-user
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> If you do not confirm your subscriptions by June 29th,
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> Please click here to confirm your subscriptions:
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https://sourceforge.net/mailman/reconfirm?
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>
> Thanks,
> The SourceForge Team
> A Slashdot Media Company

I followed the link, filled the subscription confirmation form
on the page and submitted it, then receivng the apge back
with the remark:

> Form security (reCAPTCHA) missing, please submit again

Nowhere on the original page there was a captcha field.

This looks like another contrivance to keep out users of old browsers.
( I am using Firefox 2.0.20 for Windows98)

Would someone with admin clearance in these lists
please keep me subscribed ?

JAS

[Robert Riebisch]

Hi Jose,

> I received this message, which seems genuine:
>
>> From: "SourceForge.net" <***@slashdotmedia.com>
>> To: <***@vivointernetdiscada.com.br>
>> Subject: Important Account Information - Reconfirm Mailing List Subscriptions

I got a similar message on Saturday.

>> Form security (reCAPTCHA) missing, please submit again
>
> Nowhere on the original page there was a captcha field.

reCAPTCHA opens a pop-up, where you have to selected from a 4x4 (?) set
of images, e. g., all images showing a bus, or a tree. You get it...

> This looks like another contrivance to keep out users of old browsers.
> ( I am using Firefox 2.0.20 for Windows98)

Worked fine here for me on XP using Chrome 49 or Firefox 50.

Robert Riebisch
--
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Home page: http://www.bttr-software.de/
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[Jim Hall]

[..]
>> Nowhere on the original page there was a captcha field.
>
> reCAPTCHA opens a pop-up, where you have to selected from a 4x4 (?) set
> of images, e. g., all images showing a bus, or a tree. You get it...
>
>> This looks like another contrivance to keep out users of old browsers.
>> ( I am using Firefox 2.0.20 for Windows98)
>
> Worked fine here for me on XP using Chrome 49 or Firefox 50.


reCAPTCHA is heavy javascript. I think the limiting factor isn't the
browser per-se, but the level of javascript support in your browser,
and if you have javascript turned on. Some folks opt to disable
javascript, so Jose might also check he has javascript turned on.

Sites that use reCAPTCHA can opt to enable a mode that will work on
browsers without javascript, but site admins (i.e. SourceForge) have
to take an extra step to make that happen. I haven't looked at the
SourceForge page's HTML code, but maybe they didn't take that extra
step.
https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/faq#does-recaptcha-support-users-that-dont-have-javascript-enabled

[Ralf Quint]

On 6/12/2017 12:34 PM, Robert Riebisch wrote:
>
>>> Form security (reCAPTCHA) missing, please submit again
>> Nowhere on the original page there was a captcha field.
> reCAPTCHA opens a pop-up, where you have to selected from a 4x4 (?) set
> of images, e. g., all images showing a bus, or a tree. You get it...
As he stated, there is no Captcha dialog anywhere along that way, there
is just a (couple of) error message(s) about it popping up.

Ralf


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[Robert Riebisch]

Hi Ralf Quint,

> On 6/12/2017 12:34 PM, Robert Riebisch wrote:
>>
>>>> Form security (reCAPTCHA) missing, please submit again
>>> Nowhere on the original page there was a captcha field.
>> reCAPTCHA opens a pop-up, where you have to selected from a 4x4 (?) set
>> of images, e. g., all images showing a bus, or a tree. You get it...
> As he stated, there is no Captcha dialog anywhere along that way, there
> is just a (couple of) error message(s) about it popping up.

I know. I just wanted to tell him, what "normally" happens. ;-)

Robert Riebisch
--
+++ BTTR Software +++
Home page: http://www.bttr-software.de/
DOS ain't dead: http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/