[Mailman-Developers] Remediation for fake member creation

[Franck Martin]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull.stephen.fw at u.tsukuba.ac.jp>
> To: "Franck Martin" <franck at peachymango.org>
> Cc: "Barry Warsaw" <barry at list.org>, "mailman-developers" <mailman-developers at python.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 9:06:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mailman-Developers] Remediation for fake member creation

> Franck Martin writes:
> 
> > May be a captcha? Or some more modern techniques...
> 
> Captchas aren't applicable to email requests.  It will be harder than
> that.

yes but protecting the web form from non-human subscription is a good step to take

> 
> WDOT?

Can't you send the email subscription request to moderation before the email confirmation is sent?

Not ideal, but it is kind of like emergency moderation.