In article <04T7YSSB38174.6784490741@anonymous.poster>,
   <spamhater@noplace.org> wrote:
> Is anyone aware of a program that can be used with yahoo chat that 
> filters out all the bots, especially those that try to mimic actual
> online users? There is one for AIM, but I don't know that it works
> with yahoo. Anyone know any for yahoo chat? I've x-posted this because I
> could find no large active groups that specifically deal with this topic.

Nope. But then IRC has that wonderful "ignore" function that does that
sort of thing, and some folk have written clients with quite sophisticated
anti-bot and anti-flood protection. Personally, I wouldn't touch any of
those branded "chat" clients if you paid me for it!

btw, crossposting is frowned on when it may contravene the charter (where
they exist) or topic of a group, and posting without a subject header
isn't exactly helpful either.