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Spammers....
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Wed Jan 18, 2012 6:19 pm
by matt walker
well, they're kinda annoying. Any ideas on how to mitigate this? Mr. North Wind? Anyone?
Re: Spammers....
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Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:41 pm
by pa_friendly_guy
I am sorry Matt, but I have no clue when it comes to stopping such things. I agree that they are a minor inconvenience, but you seem to be right on top of things and errase their posts right away. I am guessing that you ban them from the group as well. Keep up the Good Work. You get a big AT-A-Boy
Re: Spammers....
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Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:08 pm
by the north wind
Sorry Matt, I got the sick right now, and am behind on my work as well. I'll take a look into this in a bit. I think there is an option to only let people into the group after they have been approved. Should be pretty easy to weed people out by looking at the info the enter for their profile, I think.
I'll do some more google research, but in the meantime, maybe some helpful stuff here ?
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=759835
Re: Spammers....
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Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:37 pm
by matt walker
Thank you Mr. TNW. I did that last night, set it so that new registrations need approval. I don't mind, it's really easy to tell by the username if it's a spammer. I do worry that a real person might not get through, though. I'm gonna read up now, thanks for the link.
Get well soon. <insert emotive kitten picture here>
Re: Spammers....
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Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:30 am
by matt walker
Okay, I did some research, and changed some things about the registration process. I removed the part where I need to authorize new members, in hopes that the other changes will keep out the spam and allow real people in. If anyone hears of someone having problems registering, or sees spam that I've missed, please let me know. We'll get this board running smooth and keep it open to everyone, if possible.
Re: Spammers....
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Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:14 pm
by matt walker
Well, unless I broke something and nobody can get in, I think I found the solution. If anyone cares, the answer is: Have a question and answer field in the registration process, in place of that Captcha thingy. I changed to that, and so far, no spammers. No new registrations either, so I hope I didn't mess it up!
Re: Spammers....
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Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:40 am
by matt walker
Hey, thanks for the info and kind words Lemicha. Did you have your email in your public profile, or did they get it through this site some way I'm not aware of? I know that the spam bots are crazy aggressive these days, if there's an address publicly visible it will get spammed mercilessly. I'll see if I can put that detail in the sign up email. Thanks again.