Bug #29702 for WWW-Myspace-FriendAdder: FriendAdder attempts duplicate friend add after CAPTCHA

Mon Oct 01 19:04:32 2007 GRANTG [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

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FriendAdder attempts duplicate friend add after CAPTCHA

After entering a CAPTCHA code, FriendAdder tries to add the same friend again. This didn't used to be a problem, but now myspace is giving another CAPTCHA on that duplicate add. In a related note, myspace seems to have decided to give a CATPCHA after 2 friend requests.

Tue Oct 02 14:24:26 2007 grantg [...] spamarrest.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #29702] AutoReply: FriendAdder attempts duplicate friend add after CAPTCHA
Date:	Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:24:07 -0700
To:	bug-WWW-Myspace-FriendAdder [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Grant Grueninger <grantg [...] spamarrest.com>

Update: When attempting the second add request for a profile for which we've just entered a captcha, we *should* see a "you have a pending friend request for this user". For a private profile (I have only see this happening with one profile in particular, so it may just be a problem with one profile, or it may be with all private profiles), instead of the "pending friend request" error, we get another captcha.

Tue Oct 02 14:24:27 2007 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Tue Oct 30 14:45:02 2007 olaf [...] wundersolutions.com - Correspondence added

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olaf [...] wundersolutions.com

Hey Grant, Is this still an issue for you? I've still not seen it on my end. Olaf On Mon Oct 01 19:04:32 2007, GRANTG wrote: Show quoted text

> After entering a CAPTCHA code, FriendAdder tries to add the same > friend again. This didn't used to be a problem, but now myspace is > giving another CAPTCHA on that duplicate add. > > In a related note, myspace seems to have decided to give a CATPCHA > after 2 friend requests. >

Tue Oct 30 15:01:38 2007 grantg [...] spamarrest.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #29702] FriendAdder attempts duplicate friend add after CAPTCHA
Date:	Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:00:56 -0700
To:	bug-WWW-Myspace-FriendAdder [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Grant Grueninger <grantg [...] spamarrest.com>

I think this was just an issue with a single profile. For whatever reason, on that profile, myspace would never show the "you already have a pending friend request for this person" message. Plus, it would require a captcha. So what would happen is, you'd enter the captcha, FriendAdder would try again, and would get another captcha, even though the last one had succeeded. I had to manually enter a log entry to make FriendAdder keep going. You do want to re-try the friend after the user enters a captcha to make sure the request actually went through, so maybe the solution is to limit the number of add attempts in a row on a single friend to 5? On Oct 30, 2007, at 11:45 AM, Olaf Alders via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> > <URL: http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=29702 > > > Hey Grant, > > Is this still an issue for you? I've still not seen it on my end. > > Olaf > > > On Mon Oct 01 19:04:32 2007, GRANTG wrote:

>> After entering a CAPTCHA code, FriendAdder tries to add the same >> friend again. This didn't used to be a problem, but now myspace is >> giving another CAPTCHA on that duplicate add. >> >> In a related note, myspace seems to have decided to give a CATPCHA >> after 2 friend requests. >>

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Tue Oct 30 17:01:58 2007 olaf [...] wundersolutions.com - Correspondence added

Well, it does try the CAPTCHA'd profile again *once* after the user has given a positive response to the "Continue" prompt. Are you saying that should be in a loop that we would break out of once the CAPTCHA is solved and we get a response other than FC or FU from the profile? On Tue Oct 30 15:01:38 2007, grantg@spamarrest.com wrote: Show quoted text

> I think this was just an issue with a single profile. For whatever > reason, on that profile, myspace would never show the "you already > have a pending friend request for this person" message. Plus, it > would require a captcha. So what would happen is, you'd enter the > captcha, FriendAdder would try again, and would get another captcha, > even though the last one had succeeded. > > I had to manually enter a log entry to make FriendAdder keep going. > > You do want to re-try the friend after the user enters a captcha to > make sure the request actually went through, so maybe the solution is > to limit the number of add attempts in a row on a single friend to 5?

Tue Oct 30 17:14:06 2007 grantg [...] spamarrest.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #29702] FriendAdder attempts duplicate friend add after CAPTCHA
Date:	Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:13:42 -0700
To:	bug-WWW-Myspace-FriendAdder [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Grant Grueninger <grantg [...] spamarrest.com>

Yes, basically in any situation in which the same profile is attempted again, we need to make sure that an unexpected result from that profile doesn't trap us in a loop. The only case of that I've seen is after the user is prompted for a catpcha. On Oct 30, 2007, at 2:01 PM, Olaf Alders via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> > <URL: http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=29702 > > > Well, it does try the CAPTCHA'd profile again *once* after the user > has > given a positive response to the "Continue" prompt. Are you saying > that > should be in a loop that we would break out of once the CAPTCHA is > solved and we get a response other than FC or FU from the profile? > > On Tue Oct 30 15:01:38 2007, grantg@spamarrest.com wrote:

>> I think this was just an issue with a single profile. For whatever >> reason, on that profile, myspace would never show the "you already >> have a pending friend request for this person" message. Plus, it >> would require a captcha. So what would happen is, you'd enter the >> captcha, FriendAdder would try again, and would get another captcha, >> even though the last one had succeeded. >> >> I had to manually enter a log entry to make FriendAdder keep going. >> >> You do want to re-try the friend after the user enters a captcha to >> make sure the request actually went through, so maybe the solution is >> to limit the number of add attempts in a row on a single friend to 5?

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