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Re: Spammers.

Post by jtbo » 24 Mar 2010 04:57 pm

Now there is by LesbianSeX008813 named user spreading the word of toothbrush brand shoes, they never learn, do they? :roll:
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Re: Spammers.

Post by Speedy88 » 24 Mar 2010 05:04 pm

You know a simple captcha mod would rid you all of this problem...
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Post by jtbo » 24 Mar 2010 05:52 pm

Speedy88 wrote:You know a simple captcha mod would rid you all of this problem...
I thought that we had one already? Maybe it got off during board update?

Anyway I think it was rather simple to install too, it has some time since I did admin phpBB but I think that it was only few clicks and done or was it with that simple machines board like that... sm14
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Re: Spammers.

Post by trabitom99 » 24 Mar 2010 06:00 pm

Some bots use text-recognition to get around the captcha thing, which means you need to make the captcha pic so difficult to read that it can deter "real" users as well ...

Better are such mods like "if this form is filled out in less than 5 seconds, it must be a spammer, so ignore" or IP recognition of known spammer servers ..

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Re: Spammers.

Post by Speedy88 » 24 Mar 2010 06:04 pm

Yeah, also you can put in custom questions or instructions such as "type 'I'm not a spammer' in this box"
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Re: Spammers.

Post by jtbo » 24 Mar 2010 07:08 pm

Ubuntu board has such mod in search feature, it asks things like what color is orange or how many is 1 + 5 etc. Just needs updates to questions every now and then and works well.

We could put of course better questions in, like gear ratios of M47RII box or what years mk2 was made, simple things like that, however it might cause some reduction in number of members if we put something really difficult like Which renix number was used in 340 1.7 :mrgreen:
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Re: Spammers.

Post by magnumpi » 24 Mar 2010 07:38 pm

jtbo wrote: We could put of course better questions in, like gear ratios of M47RII box or what years mk2 was made, simple things like that, however it might cause some reduction in number of members if we put something really difficult like Which renix number was used in 340 1.7 :mrgreen:

Lucky i'm signed up already then otherwise i'd never have got in :lol:
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Re: Spammers.

Post by volvosneverdie » 24 Mar 2010 09:43 pm

I like spam.
Can I still come in?










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Re: Spammers.

Post by Chris_C » 24 Mar 2010 10:46 pm

jtbo wrote:We could put of course better questions in, like gear ratios of M47RII box or what years mk2 was made, simple things like that, however it might cause some reduction in number of members if we put something really difficult like Which renix number was used in 340 1.7 :mrgreen:
This would either raise the standard of the average member, or reduce the overall number of them :D Almost worth a shot :lol: :lol:
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Re: Spammers.

Post by Chris_C » 25 Mar 2010 01:43 am

Some of the spammers posting are those that registered a fortnight ago and we already deleted a load of messages from :(

It's rediculous that mods can't ban users :(
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Re: Spammers.

Post by SteveP » 25 Mar 2010 10:29 am

Chris_C wrote:It's rediculous that mods can't ban users :(


+1 would make things easier, when our admin isn't around
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Re: Spammers.

Post by volvodspec » 26 Mar 2010 09:40 am

that rstu837 bot is getting kinda annoying eh :lol:

i do like some of the jokes in the bot's posts though

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Re: Spammers.

Post by jtbo » 27 Mar 2010 02:07 am

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Re: Spammers.

Post by volvosneverdie » 28 Mar 2010 10:06 am

Rstu837 must die.
I'm really growing tired of this spamming nonsense now.
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Re: Spammers.

Post by trabitom99 » 28 Mar 2010 12:04 pm

I'm with you there ... Where's Aymat?

Maybe it's an idea not to reply to the spammers' posts? Makes it harder for the mods to spot and delete ...

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