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More anti-spam protections
« on: April 23, 2006, 08:20:21 PM »
Could we please have more anti-spam protections? Either some controls on registration (such as image verification) or controls on how many posts a user has to make before he can start his own thread (generally useful..).
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Re: More anti-spam protections
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2006, 08:22:10 PM »
I heartily second this. The ones posted today were...um...yucky.
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Re: More anti-spam protections
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2006, 12:55:43 AM »
we have to upgrade to a new forum to get said protections but we can't upgrade since no forums has a leveling system (so says Fell).  I've all ready got a new forum integrated with the site on a test server but have not had the time due to work and school to code a leveling system.  I'm done with school in a week so I'll be able to finish it then.
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Re: More anti-spam protections
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2006, 09:08:29 AM »
and stop your whining!
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Re: More anti-spam protections
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2006, 01:00:06 PM »
/me whines.    
:'(

But, why don't we just have you admin. guys on all the time, and all posts have to be approved by you, it will only add a fe minutes to each post, and we won't have to deal with any spam!!

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Re: More anti-spam protections
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2006, 01:09:40 PM »
pay me and I'll protect you from spam.
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Re: More anti-spam protections
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2006, 01:48:47 PM »
You got the wrong idea, I don't care that much.
« Last Edit: April 24, 2006, 01:48:57 PM by FirstMateJack »
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Re: More anti-spam protections
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2006, 06:41:13 PM »
Today I made a small tweak to the registration page. It now has a select box that asks if you really want to register, defaulted to No. This should prevent bots from automatically registering. However, I have a feeling that most of the spam isn't from bots, it's from people who are paid to act like bots.

If that's the case, they'll probably just switch the box to yes. If we don't see a decrease in spam posts/registrations, we may switch to a system that only allows new posts after a member has posted 10 times (for example).
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Re: More anti-spam protections
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2006, 07:26:45 PM »
does the current forum allow for that?
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Re: More anti-spam protections
« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2006, 01:44:40 AM »
You realize that they might just start spamming in already started threads that are loosly related to whatever they are spamming for.
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Re: More anti-spam protections
« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2006, 12:27:12 PM »
Yes, I do.

Today is the first morning in a LONG time I've come in and not found any new spambot registrations. Seems like this may have helped a bit, at least for now.
« Last Edit: April 27, 2006, 12:28:19 PM by Tage »
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Re: More anti-spam protections
« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2006, 08:16:42 PM »
*crosses fingers*

Default "no" checkbox...I like it!

Since this is such an old forum, I'm guessing the bots are just following a template... I doubt someone would bother to rewrite a bot specifically to target this forum, since it's so low-profile. But if it really is live human beings...*shrug*
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Re: More anti-spam protections
« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2006, 01:36:12 PM »
It seems the mail.ru ones, at least, are human beings. They figured out the problem pretty quickly and are registering again. Ugh.
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Re: More anti-spam protections
« Reply #13 on: May 02, 2006, 04:19:54 PM »
Bastards.  We should go pro-active on them.  I bet if we put our collective intelligences together we could come up with a DOS attack against them or something equally annoying.
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Re: More anti-spam protections
« Reply #14 on: May 02, 2006, 05:17:54 PM »
Or we could just send you to invade russia as was the plan 4 years ago (none of us believe you were in Pakistan and Iraq but instead training to be a super solder designed to take over russia).  You're such a relic of the Cold War.
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