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Post by Tom Mulgrew on Oct 24, 2005 0:19:15 GMT -5
Hi all, I just discovered today that I need to manually approve all new accounts on this message board. It's not difficult to do but it's something I'm bound to forget. So if you do create a new user account, drop me an email at tmulgrew@slingshot.co.nz so that I know to log in and "approve" it. You can also post under a guest login if you don't want to wait that long  -Tom |
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Post by dodic on Mar 26, 2006 8:02:00 GMT -5
You can actually set the config. so that you dont need to approve any accounts, but i guess this way is better.
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Post by James :) (aka Madcow) on Apr 25, 2006 1:38:01 GMT -5
guest postin is now off
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Post by dodic on Apr 25, 2006 11:16:54 GMT -5
Yeap, for some time now.
It had to be done becouse of too much spam.
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Post by cSc on Apr 26, 2006 15:52:46 GMT -5
can't you ban the (excuse french plz) bastards?
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Post by dodic on Apr 26, 2006 16:21:07 GMT -5
Well, many of spammers were banned, but that hasn`t slowed down spamming a bit.
It`s, i think, automated proboards spamming that posts a message on who knows how much boards at the same time (i mean forums)
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Post by cSc on Apr 26, 2006 16:57:19 GMT -5
cant the administrator ban the IP adresses?
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Post by dodic on Apr 26, 2006 17:32:46 GMT -5
Moderators also have the abillity to ban IP adresses, that wasnt the problem, it was in that there were to MANY spammers.
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Post by Supermonkey on Apr 28, 2006 15:49:45 GMT -5
Indeed, IP banning was pointless as myself and dodic had discussed, cleaning it up as quickly as possible was the only option.
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Post by James :) (aka Madcow) on Mar 6, 2008 15:14:41 GMT -5
needs to be unstickyed. maybe we could we could replace it with basic4gl forum FAQ?
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Post by James :) (aka Madcow) on Apr 21, 2008 12:15:35 GMT -5
*bump*
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Post by dw817 on Apr 18, 2009 23:33:09 GMT -5
In truth, spammers can spoof IPs, there's quite a few programs out there for that, and can mask their locations so it's virtually impossible to hunt them down. Pro spammers use a new name with bogus return address for every spamming post. They are now using a type of AI reply system that replies to bulletin posts with buzzwords (look for the broken English) and appear to be human instead of a bot. They're quite vindictive. Confirmation via Tom makes good sense if spam is really getting bad in here.
I've kept a few AI spambot posts sent my way in Email. They're really disturbing to read.
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Post by twasik4 on Apr 20, 2009 7:01:32 GMT -5
the post b4 your's was in 2008... and the one (that had any meaning) b4 that was in 2006 xD
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