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Well, as you know, a bunch of freaking Russians registered on the board and started spamming it with links to porn sites.

I have purged all of them and done some stuff to try and keep them out.

Hopefully they are gone for good.

The board is back online.

Dave

I seen that sight last week and did not respond. nice pic though

Yes... saw all that early this morning. @Dave Maybe (if you haven't already) make it so that anyone "new" registering for the site must wait to be approved before they can post?

Thanks Dave!

WS65711 wrote:Yes... saw all that early this morning. @Dave Maybe (if you haven't already) make it so that anyone "new" registering for the site must wait to be approved before they can post?

GOOD IDEA !!

WS65711 wrote:Yes... saw all that early this morning. @Dave Maybe (if you haven't already) make it so that anyone "new" registering for the site must wait to be approved before they can post?

OK, but how do I go about verifying they are not a spammer? I mean, ask them a question like are you a spammer?

FYI, their bots are still trying to spam the board but so far my counter measures are keeping them out.

Hopefully they will soon give up.

Dave wrote:

WS65711 wrote:Yes... saw all that early this morning. @Dave Maybe (if you haven't already) make it so that anyone "new" registering for the site must wait to be approved before they can post?

OK, but how do I go about verifying they are not a spammer? I mean, ask them a question like are you a spammer?

I don't know. But maybe just the delay in waiting for "approval" would be enough to put off a spammer, whereas a legitimate user would be willing to wait to become a part of this community.
But then.... It's still a gamble, isn't it?

WS65711 wrote:

Dave wrote:

WS65711 wrote:Yes... saw all that early this morning. @Dave Maybe (if you haven't already) make it so that anyone "new" registering for the site must wait to be approved before they can post?

OK, but how do I go about verifying they are not a spammer? I mean, ask them a question like are you a spammer?

I don't know. But maybe just the delay in waiting for "approval" would be enough to put off a spammer, whereas a legitimate user would be willing to wait to become a part of this community.
But then.... It's still a gamble, isn't it?

The spammers are actually bots that are constantly trolling the web for forums. As soon as they receive permission they start spamming. They don't care if it takes 1 second or 1 year to get the approval.

When real people register it is usually because they have a question and they wouldn't appreciate being put on hold for a few days.

First it was Trump's election now it's Dave's forum.