I failed a character string verification

from JoeUser Forums
Yes, the other day I prepared a really long email to send to my husband.

Not thinking to save it (what could go wrong?), I hit "Send", then was presented with a character string verification page. Dutifully I went to type what I saw...or what I thought I saw.

But some of those squiggly things can be so confusing and illegible...yes, even to the human eye. So I typed what I thought I saw...then *ZAP* I failed a character string verification for the first time ever.

Yahoo informed me that the message was neither sent nor saved.

GRRRRR.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
character string verification


Huh?
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Huh?

I think she means she flunked a 'bot' test.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yeah, I failed one of those the other day while trying to post on a friend's Blogger site. Ugh. I felt really dumb, because I had to retype the entire message, and by that point, i'd forgotten a bunch of the things I'd wanted to say . . . oh well.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
I get those verification thingys also. But no rhyme or reason why. Sometimes they are everytime I go to send something and then it doesn't come back for quite a while only to start the process over again.

While I've never failed completely, I usually get a re do by getting another chance with another string of letters. I get very annoyed also with this.

I wonder if and when this pops up if you can hit the back arrow and then copy it before you go forward again to try your eye at the funky letters that can be hard to read at times.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
I've never gotten a "You failed. Go away, bot." message, but it's been a long time since I haven't been asked to try it again with a different string. I figure it's a testament to how much better computers are getting at simulating human abilities. Maybe one day they'll institute reading comprehension tests.
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Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
I get that on every email with 2 Yahoo email addresses! I've emailed them of my intention to discontinue using Yahoo if this isn't stopped. Once in a while is OK; but everytime??? And, about half the time, the characters are indecipherable. usually, you get a second and maybe even a third chance - but not always. I'm a Yahoo shareholder, too; but I'm going to bail on that too if this persists. They're going to push people away!