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PostPosted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:44 am    Post subject: Spam: Removed. Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ROFLMFAO!!!!
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Whoooo pr0n-spam!

Only kind we didn't have yet.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 11:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh, for the love of God.

Fine. Looks like I'll have to manually allow and deny new registrations. *Sighs.*
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is there a way you could instead manually (or in a more complicated, but automated manner) approve or disapprove of registered user's ability to post?

Just an idea from a non-programmer.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That would be effectively the same as enabling or disabling their account.

Unfortunately, the only way to stop spam like this is to assume that all new accounts are spammers, so I have to check their details to see if they aren't (i.e. they're a new applicant to the faction or they're someone from MxO), then enable the account.

With your suggestion I would have to enable posting rights instead. Still the same amount of work for me. Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Aren't there these spam-safe security codes, you have to enter during registration? How do they get past them?
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

They're not spam-safe anymore, I reckon. Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Correct, rumor has it that spamming is now like gold farming. Just some guy being payed to make accounts and copy paste the same messages over and over.

What we need, is a forum system that determines wether or not a post is likely to be spam, like emails have. But that doesn't exist right now, does it?
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not that I know of. And such a system would probably make these forums distressingly slow. Confused
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Spam is stupid. Increasing your post count is not stupid.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

*Laughs.*

This iiilizium guy tried to register again. Failed. Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, I get an average of 10 of these registrations a day now. E-mail confirmation and sicking Matt on them is all you can really do.

Oh, and have a look for the PHPBB toolkit mod. That's quite useful.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

spamspamspamspamspamspamspamspamspamspam


... did ya'll miss meh XD
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

*Grins* Seems someone has too much time on their hands after quitting MxO. Wink
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