Obo wrote:
...so I will at last be updating the forums at some point over the weekend. So if the world ends in a catastrophic yet humourous manner, then you will know the reason.
Thank you o' fearless leader
May the force be with you.
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| Author: | Obo [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
...so I will at last be updating the forums at some point over the weekend. So if the world ends in a catastrophic yet humourous manner, then you will know the reason. |
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| Author: | Dragon Fire [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
Obo wrote: ...so I will at last be updating the forums at some point over the weekend. So if the world ends in a catastrophic yet humourous manner, then you will know the reason. Thank you o' fearless leader May the force be with you. |
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| Author: | Obo [ Sat Aug 06, 2011 8:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
Update complete. If you notice anything broken post here. I've replace the captcha with a simple Q&A challenge, so we'll see how that goes for a while. |
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| Author: | Master Gui-Jan [ Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
Thanks Obo. The last couple of times I jumped on to catch up I ended up having to clean up a bunch of spam, so I imagine it sucks for you too. It will be nice if this reduces that. |
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| Author: | Dragon Fire [ Sat Aug 06, 2011 3:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
Master Gui-Jan wrote: Thanks Obo. The last couple of times I jumped on to catch up I ended up having to clean up a bunch of spam, so I imagine it sucks for you too. It will be nice if this reduces that. I've been meaning to ask, but should those of us with delete rights be cleaning up those posts, or do you (admins) need to see them so you can lock down the account they came from? |
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| Author: | Obo [ Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
For obvious spam just perma-ban and delete the posts. We typically just delete the account and all their posts in one go anyway when we see them (which is only slightly more efficient than banning as we don't have to chase down all the individual posts to get rid of). If there is a really weird looking post with some odd links that look like they might be trying to exploit something then we'll ship that off somewhere safe so I can have a look at it. So far no new accounts have been created, so looking good for now. |
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| Author: | Master Gui-Jan [ Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
Dragon Fire wrote: Master Gui-Jan wrote: Thanks Obo. The last couple of times I jumped on to catch up I ended up having to clean up a bunch of spam, so I imagine it sucks for you too. It will be nice if this reduces that. I've been meaning to ask, but should those of us with delete rights be cleaning up those posts, or do you (admins) need to see them so you can lock down the account they came from? DF, I believe if you have delete rights then you probably have Ban rights as well. However it may be a moot point now. |
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| Author: | Cyrus Rex [ Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
3 cheers for obo, hip hip horray, hip hip hooray, hip hip hooray! |
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| Author: | Master Gui-Jan [ Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
Cyrus Rex wrote: 3 cheers for obo, hip hip horray, hip hip hooray, hip hip hooray! Ditto. Not a singe spammer have I had to clear out since you did this. |
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| Author: | X2-PB [ Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
Master Gui-Jan wrote: Not a singe spammer have I had to clear out since you did this. Don't count your chickens ........! 
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| Author: | Cyrus Rex [ Tue Oct 11, 2011 5:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
We had a good stint, but looks like the bots are getting through again. |
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| Author: | Master Gui-Jan [ Tue Oct 11, 2011 11:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
I'm not sure what you are running into, but the few I've had to deal with recently were manual spammers. Non-Bots that manually created users and posted. I actually caught one of them online and happily banned him before he posted a second post. |
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| Author: | Cetera [ Tue Oct 11, 2011 5:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
It has been a really long time since I've registered, and I've never gone back and done another account, so I don't remember the requirements, but can't we add email verification to the list of necessary things to make an account? Or do we already so that? I know it is pretty easy to make throwaway email accounts, but it is one more PITA for the spammers when you ban that email account. I don't suppose you can block all ISPs from Russia and China too? |
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| Author: | evergamer [ Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
The registration code should do the trick. I had the same issues with the forums I ran and that's what finally solved our problems. Turned off CAPTCHA, email verification, logic verification, etc. |
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| Author: | X2-PB [ Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
There seems to be a curious bug whereby Gui's locked announcements won't mark as read for me. Anyone else having the same trouble? |
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| Author: | Cyrus Rex [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
nope |
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| Author: | Flyoc [ Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
X2-PB wrote: There seems to be a curious bug whereby Gui's locked announcements won't mark as read for me. Anyone else having the same trouble? Indeed it did for me for a long time, but it's gone just today. It might reappear tomorrow though, I'll post here if it does. |
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| Author: | X2-PB [ Fri Nov 04, 2011 4:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
I've finally managed to solve it by clicking the "mark all topics read" link. |
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| Author: | Master Gui-Jan [ Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
Secret super invisible code created by sacrificing a small lamb over my keyboard while posting an Announcement. |
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| Author: | X2-PB [ Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
Master Gui-Jan wrote: Secret super invisible code created by sacrificing a small lamb over my keyboard while posting an Announcement. Not a very practical thing to do. Surely that would make your keyboard really sticky?!
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| Author: | Cetera [ Mon Nov 07, 2011 5:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
Not if he licks it clean. |
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| Author: | Master Gui-Jan [ Mon Nov 07, 2011 7:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spam bots have pushed me too far... |
Cetera wrote: Not if he licks it clean. I actually make Shawarma out of it. |
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