Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> wrote: [...]
> And then fails. Anyone managed to do this, or have any other advice for 
> using Recaptcha from perl?

Please don't use it as a barrier on the only access route to a
service, else you will be locking out humans with vision or hearing
problems, or even simply high browser security settings.

More info: http://www.w3.org/TR/turingtest/

If you want to combat spam, there are better ways, including some
premoderation and heuristic checks of user submissions.  After all,
Recaptcha doesn't stop all human-powered spam (whether directly by a
spammer or by porn-trojans).

Hope that helps,
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