SPAM Control

CIK · Post by **CIK** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 8:35 pm

I an interim effort to crack down on spam all new registrations must be approved and the top forum is a dummy one to catch the SPAM bot posts.

TheHelmet · Post by **TheHelmet** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 12:06 pm

Looks like you caught a few ones already..
I say we tar and feather 'em!

Post by **Myrd** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:57 am

I think we just need to modify the registration system so that bots cant get through. For example, add a line saying "please enter the text you see here backwards". Since these bots are made for stock phpBBs, they'll fail on the custom setup. No need for SPAM forum or anything.

Post by **Death's Avatar** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 12:33 pm

Myrd wrote:I think we just need to modify the registration system so that bots cant get through. For example, add a line saying "please enter the text you see here backwards". Since these bots are made for stock phpBBs, they'll fail on the custom setup. No need for SPAM forum or anything.

Thats a neat idea...

The spam forum does look a little tacky...

Oroboros · Post by **Oroboros** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 4:11 pm

Death's Avatar wrote:The spam forum does look a little tacky...

Aye. Looking at it another way, Magma is legitimizing the spamming of this site, providing an accessible way for people to get phished, spammed, pr0nzored and warezulated.

Myrd's idea works well, so long as the text isn't one letter long or the string of chars isn't palindromic >:-] MB a list of Myth-related trivia questions, like, complete this word:

-oul--igh-er
-layMy--
Bu-gie
-MFG M1 P-Z!!!

-Oro

The Elfoid · Post by **The Elfoid** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 5:46 pm

Over complicated man. Foreign players sometimes struggle.

AblitERateOR · Post by **AblitERateOR** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 8:00 pm

yeah i think myrds idea is a good one, any setup customisation will work fine as long as its different from the standard phpBB tricks used on other sites

Lugas · Post by **Lugas** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:30 pm

The SPAM forum doesn't help. Spammers still post in General.

Baak · Post by **Baak** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:54 am

Myrd wrote:I think we just need to modify the registration system so that bots cant get through. For example, add a line saying "please enter the text you see here backwards". Since these bots are made for stock phpBBs, they'll fail on the custom setup. No need for SPAM forum or anything.

I sent Doobie instructions on what files to modify and how, etc. - maybe you could ask him for them if he doesn't have time to mess with it?

Just an idea - otherwise I can dig 'em out again and repost or PM you or whatever.

Post by **Myrd** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 9:52 am

I don't have access to the machine since we've moved hosts, so I can't do anything.

Cobalt 7 · Post by **Cobalt 7** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:31 pm

Yeah, I don't really think the spam forum is working.

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