Simple way of preventing spamming from first-time posters..
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By Monday morning? Well in the thousands.
I estimate 3,967.
Just before poor Josh has a nervous breakdown.I don't do smileys.
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I'm going slightly lower - 3,2680
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I see he's invited a mate in now. Spam wars.I don't do smileys.
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Begun, the spam wars have.0
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Let's hope he has a 'delete all' button for a users posts."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
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bendertherobot wrote:A sensible limit of 20 threads per day should be enough for most users I'd imagine?
What?!seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Stevo 666 wrote:Let's hope he has a 'delete all' button for a users posts.
From my time as a mod on another forum, depending on the software used, it is possible. Just a question of logging into the moderator area then selecting the member and viewing their posts and either deleting individual posts or selecting all and bulk deleting then banning by username, email or the IP address if all posts came from the same IP address. It's also possible to wildcard the IP address which might block some legit members but an IP search should be available to the mods too.I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0 -
They need to tighten up on the verification process. Clicking "I am not a robot" is clearly not working.
The Road General page looks like many forums which have fallen victim to spammers and, as a result, have lost all their regulars.
Are the owners running this site down?0 -
Why not just delete that account thats being spamming for several days?0
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Or just update the bloody software.
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lettingthedaysgoby wrote:Or just update the bloody software.
*bangs head against a wall*
Or just use a moderation queue. It's not going to happen though.
All I will say is that at the moment, as far as I'm aware, there is nothing in place to stop the exact same thing from happening next Friday evening - and unless Immediate Media actually takes some more decisive action, you'd have to assume they are comfortable with that risk..0 -
Imposter wrote:lettingthedaysgoby wrote:Or just update the bloody software.
*bangs head against a wall*
Or just use a moderation queue. It's not going to happen though.
All I will say is that at the moment, as far as I'm aware, there is nothing in place to stop the exact same thing from happening next Friday evening - and unless Immediate Media actually takes some more decisive action, you'd have to assume they are comfortable with that risk..
If "members" are regularly face with a whole page of spam threads they will go elsewhere. That's not a risk it's a reality.0 -
Rest assured there are a good number of spam accounts , created and just waiting for the 'probation' period to end and another 'lost weekend ' when the bot gets its orders0
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Navrig2 wrote:They need to tighten up on the verification process. Clicking "I am not a robot" is clearly not working.
The Road General page looks like many forums which have fallen victim to spammers and, as a result, have lost all their regulars.
Are the owners running this site down?
What about those of us who are a robot?My blog: http://www.roubaixcycling.cc (kit reviews and other musings)
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you're already registered.bendertherobot wrote:Navrig2 wrote:They need to tighten up on the verification process. Clicking "I am not a robot" is clearly not working.
The Road General page looks like many forums which have fallen victim to spammers and, as a result, have lost all their regulars.
Are the owners running this site down?
What about those of us who are a robot?0 -
bendertherobot wrote:Navrig2 wrote:They need to tighten up on the verification process. Clicking "I am not a robot" is clearly not working.
The Road General page looks like many forums which have fallen victim to spammers and, as a result, have lost all their regulars.
Are the owners running this site down?
What about those of us who are a robot?
You will just have to lie and hope not to get caught.
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bendertherobot wrote:Navrig2 wrote:They need to tighten up on the verification process. Clicking "I am not a robot" is clearly not working.
The Road General page looks like many forums which have fallen victim to spammers and, as a result, have lost all their regulars.
Are the owners running this site down?
What about those of us who are a robot?
Every time you are online, there's this squeaking sound. Is that you?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
I see the Spam filters haven't been relaxed, just turned off.
What a shambles of a site!0 -
I thought if you added the Spam poster to the Foes list - then it wouldn't show up ? But it does.
It'd be nice if we could do that and it work for those occasions when they spam on a Friday night and make the forum unvisitable for the weekend.
Of course the better solution would be to stop them beforehand...0
