Please please don't respond to the Spamerators that are appearing here.
1. I doubt that they come back to read it, and if they do it'll be just to see how many people clicked on their topic. If they have access to the weblogs of the sites they refer to, then they'll know how many visits have come via this sites URL.
2. It makes extra work for Al and myself when deleting the topics - yes we can do delete topic, but we then can't check IP's etc.
3. If the need to answer is so great, life isn't worth living without offering them a serve, - then PM them ! - You might even end up annoying them if they get notification emails concerning PM's.
Many thanks
Colin
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Hi folks,
I cant believe how much the spam has increased recently.
I delete two topics and two hours later there are two more.
Somebody must have our number.
I'm thinking maybe there is something else we can do too like
make the registration impossible unless done by a human.
Any other ideas?
I cant believe how much the spam has increased recently.
I delete two topics and two hours later there are two more.
Somebody must have our number.
I'm thinking maybe there is something else we can do too like
make the registration impossible unless done by a human.
Any other ideas?
LEDs vs Bulbs, LEDs are winning.
I think the best way to do this is to moderate first time posters. some sites require a member's first post to be approved. Once approved, they can freely post. Given the rate of new members posting, this is probably not a large burden - probably less than seek-n-destroy on the spam postings.
or you could have an "introduction" section where all posters must post a short introduction before being allowed in. I suppose that could be automated, though.
or you could have an "introduction" section where all posters must post a short introduction before being allowed in. I suppose that could be automated, though.
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I do have to admit, I've never seen this much spam on a forum before. It's more likely people doing this to the forums, than a machine.
They do have confirmation codes for new registrants, but spam is still coming. As I said earlier, it's more likely the work of people posting spam, not machines...jimandy wrote:Seems like I registered in another forum that also uses phpBB and they required you enter a confriming code that is displayed in image form. Their forum doesn't seem to have spam. Does this forum do that for new registrants?
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Or maybe they just picked us because our name has the word "Nuts" in it.
Well if it's real live people, to make it worth their while they must be spamming other sites and if they have to go through the tedious registration process, image code and all then I wonder if they're picking forums based on some demographic - say, like N&V, mostly male; high intelligence on average (with a few notable exceptions), and a lot of curiosity.As I said earlier, it's more likely the work of people posting spam, not machines...
Or maybe they just picked us because our name has the word "Nuts" in it.
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