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PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:45 pm    Post subject: Spammers and dodgy users Reply with quote

So far we seem to have avoided the spammers. They've hit some of the other forums with nonsense or hijacked posts, porn links etc. Rolling Eyes

You'll have noticed that once you've registered, your account is still not usable until one of the admin users authenticates it. To decide whether you look OK or not, we check your username, email address and the other fields you're asked to complete on the registration form. Might even Google you too. If you look dodgy, we cancel your account and might even block your IP address from further access.

So far, we've turned down about a dozen users who looked like automated access attempts or something else dodgy. If you're one of those and you're genuine, please accept our apologies, email us and we'll fix it. Bet you don't though... Wink

Once authenticated, you can vastly improve your chances of not being deleted by posting lots of interesting and relevant stuff. Zero posters will (eventually) get removed.

If you spot any dodgy posts or activity on here, please report it to admin immediately and we'll deal with it ASAP.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

We've not had any spammers posting because everyone has to be authorised before they get 'write' access. Smile

We have had dozens of fake 'users' registering though, with stupid usernames and links to porn and pills sites in their profile. Most of 'em don't even involve someone filling in the registration form - automatic 'bots' send out bulk application requests to all forums on the net. Rolling Eyes

I've been deleting 'em but I'm sick of doing it all the time so I've modified the registration process so it now asks you an extra question. Anyone who might want to come on here for the right reasons will know the answer and get straight in - bots and other undesirables will get the answer wrong and be booted out. Hopefully this will do the trick. Very Happy

Anyone who has problems registering now, please get in touch.

(Sorry Fred, you're gonna have to find cute Russian girls somewhere else now... Laughing )
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

DSBBadmin wrote:
We've not had any spammers posting because everyone has to be authorised before they get 'write' access. Smile

We have had dozens of fake 'users' registering though, with stupid usernames and links to porn and pills sites in their profile. Most of 'em don't even involve someone filling in the registration form - automatic 'bots' send out bulk application requests to all forums on the net. Rolling Eyes

I've been deleting 'em but I'm sick of doing it all the time so I've modified the registration process so it now asks you an extra question. Anyone who might want to come on here for the right reasons will know the answer and get straight in - bots and other undesirables will get the answer wrong and be booted out. Hopefully this will do the trick. Very Happy

Anyone who has problems registering now, please get in touch.

(Sorry Fred, you're gonna have to find cute Russian girls somewhere else now... Laughing )


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