# Captcha, account verification in RoR **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 12, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/captcha-account-verification-in-ror/106572 "2007-06-12T02:48:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![randall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@randall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/randall)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/captcha-account-verification-in-ror/106572/1 "2007-06-12T02:48:32Z")
I am creating a Ruby on Rails site and am curious about the best way to stop spam on the site. For account creation there is: a) Captcha b) email verification For messages, forums I am sure you could try to check the message for any weird characters or typical spam phrases. I saw in the other post there is the hivelogic email enkoder for hiding email addresses for protecting email addresses. I was reading a blog and it said captcha and email verification are bothersome to users. Almost seemed from the blog that it shouldn’t be used. If that is true, what are RoR developers using? What is the best practice for Ruby on Rails developers? thanks. Mike ---
**Author:** ![randall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@randall](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/randall)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 10:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/captcha-account-verification-in-ror/106572/2 "2007-06-12T10:13:00Z")
Mike R. wrote: > I am creating a Ruby on Rails site and am curious about the best way to > stop spam on the site. For account creation there is: > a) Captcha Have a look at [http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/recaptcha](http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/recaptcha) Pete Y. > **[Pete Yandell — Principal Engineer / Architect](https://notahat.com/)** > > Pete Yandell is an experienced Principal Software Engineer and Architect based in Melbourne, Australia.