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Spam postings

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:19 am
by Drex
Just wondering who deletes these and if you also ban the IP, seems the same ones are back every other day.

Re: Spam postings

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:34 am
by Toyduck
Drex wrote:Just wondering who deletes these and if you also ban the IP, seems the same ones are back every other day.
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I'm one of the moderators and move them to a 'spam' area where Rick can ban their IP's. Unfortunately, ip's change frequently.

Keeps the keyboard broken in eh?

TD

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:45 am
by Drex
Even word filters could help a lot.

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:20 pm
by Toyduck
Drex wrote:Even word filters could help a lot.
They could, but that isn't perfect either. We would need to check the filter to make sure a valid message isn't getting blocked over something embedded in the title or message.

Toyduck

Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:54 pm
by Drex
Well thier would be a great many that people would not use, incest porn just to name a couple....some of the things posted are bordering on child porn.

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:49 pm
by Toyduck
Drex wrote:Well thier would be a great many that people would not use, incest porn just to name a couple....some of the things posted are bordering on child porn.
I agree, today was especially bad. I am just a moderator for the forum, I'll see if I can get Questman to see what he can do.

TD

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:17 am
by dspain
Toyduck wrote:
Drex wrote:Well thier would be a great many that people would not use, incest porn just to name a couple....some of the things posted are bordering on child porn.
I agree, today was especially bad. I am just a moderator for the forum, I'll see if I can get Questman to see what he can do.

TD
restrict write access to verified only and do manual verification.

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:56 am
by Kaboom
dspain wrote:
Toyduck wrote:
Drex wrote:Well thier would be a great many that people would not use, incest porn just to name a couple....some of the things posted are bordering on child porn.
I agree, today was especially bad. I am just a moderator for the forum, I'll see if I can get Questman to see what he can do.

TD
restrict write access to verified only and do manual verification.
Completely agree... (yawns)... Whats new anything around here or there or any where...

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:24 pm
by dspain
Kaboom wrote:
dspain wrote:
Toyduck wrote: I agree, today was especially bad. I am just a moderator for the forum, I'll see if I can get Questman to see what he can do.

TD
restrict write access to verified only and do manual verification.
Completely agree... (yawns)... Whats new anything around here or there or any where...
recently moved to the beach area, been spending time trying to get my networks back up then i got a few newm odules done.
im gonna stick a site up for only my addons to make it easier for sysops to get em.

arczone.org/isvarc will be the link when its up.

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:34 pm
by Toyduck
dspain wrote:
recently moved to the beach area, been spending time trying to get my networks back up then i got a few newm odules done.
im gonna stick a site up for only my addons to make it easier for sysops to get em.

arczone.org/isvarc will be the link when its up.
Beach area and summer comming...sounds like fun.

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:34 pm
by dspain
Toyduck wrote:
dspain wrote:
recently moved to the beach area, been spending time trying to get my networks back up then i got a few newm odules done.
im gonna stick a site up for only my addons to make it easier for sysops to get em.

arczone.org/isvarc will be the link when its up.
Beach area and summer comming...sounds like fun.
yeah but that goes 2 ways, as a resident here the traffic will be terrible to perform basic daily tasks and the price gouging will kill ya!

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:03 pm
by Toyduck
dspain wrote:
Toyduck wrote:
dspain wrote:
recently moved to the beach area, been spending time trying to get my networks back up then i got a few newm odules done.
im gonna stick a site up for only my addons to make it easier for sysops to get em.

arczone.org/isvarc will be the link when its up.
Beach area and summer comming...sounds like fun.
yeah but that goes 2 ways, as a resident here the traffic will be terrible to perform basic daily tasks and the price gouging will kill ya!
I live in Vegas remember, talk about people putting hands in your pockets :) I keep a dye pack in my wallet (no money).

Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:40 pm
by dspain
Toyduck wrote:
dspain wrote:
Toyduck wrote: Beach area and summer comming...sounds like fun.
yeah but that goes 2 ways, as a resident here the traffic will be terrible to perform basic daily tasks and the price gouging will kill ya!
I live in Vegas remember, talk about people putting hands in your pockets :) I keep a dye pack in my wallet (no money).
tell me about it, im only 2 1/2 hrs from atlantic city casinos, the otherh alf likes to play the slots :)

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:53 pm
by Toyduck
dspain wrote:
Toyduck wrote:
dspain wrote: yeah but that goes 2 ways, as a resident here the traffic will be terrible to perform basic daily tasks and the price gouging will kill ya!
I live in Vegas remember, talk about people putting hands in your pockets :) I keep a dye pack in my wallet (no money).
tell me about it, im only 2 1/2 hrs from atlantic city casinos, the otherh alf likes to play the slots :)
I just bought a slot machine for her to play at home, fortunately it's legal to have one here :) Don't think you can do that. It acts like a big bank, forced savings eh?

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:14 pm
by dspain
Toyduck wrote:
dspain wrote:
Toyduck wrote: I live in Vegas remember, talk about people putting hands in your pockets :) I keep a dye pack in my wallet (no money).
tell me about it, im only 2 1/2 hrs from atlantic city casinos, the otherh alf likes to play the slots :)
I just bought a slot machine for her to play at home, fortunately it's legal to have one here :) Don't think you can do that. It acts like a big bank, forced savings eh?
yeah no gambling in MD i dont think, i know its a definate no in virginia.
so we have to goto jersey =)

Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:49 pm
by Kaboom
Toyduck wrote:
dspain wrote:
Toyduck wrote: I live in Vegas remember, talk about people putting hands in your pockets :) I keep a dye pack in my wallet (no money).
tell me about it, im only 2 1/2 hrs from atlantic city casinos, the otherh alf likes to play the slots :)
I just bought a slot machine for her to play at home, fortunately it's legal to have one here :) Don't think you can do that. It acts like a big bank, forced savings eh?
Slot machine at home, might be cheaper... Just insert the quarters and when you have lost everything, you still win the jack pot (your money back) - lol

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:13 pm
by Drex
Toyduck wrote:
Drex wrote:Well thier would be a great many that people would not use, incest porn just to name a couple....some of the things posted are bordering on child porn.
I agree, today was especially bad. I am just a moderator for the forum, I'll see if I can get Questman to see what he can do.

TD

Cheers! something must have be done as I see as many as 10 guests none who signup...good job!

Clean-up

Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 6:57 pm
by Drex
Aisles 1-17 :?

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:43 pm
by Drex
dspain wrote:
Toyduck wrote:
Drex wrote:Well thier would be a great many that people would not use, incest porn just to name a couple....some of the things posted are bordering on child porn.
I agree, today was especially bad. I am just a moderator for the forum, I'll see if I can get Questman to see what he can do.

TD
restrict write access to verified only and do manual verification.

Yeah Admin validation would be the best...all this spam is crazy.

Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:25 am
by Questman
F'ing eh. 108 spam posts in the past 24 hours. More traffic than we legitimately get in 3 months.

Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:20 am
by frcorey
we could vote which is the best of the spam,
Porn or Drugs?

Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:06 pm
by Questman
F'ing 488 more today from one bot.. just kept posting over and over again.

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:10 pm
by Ragtop
Can it be set up so users have to be validated before they can post?

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:22 pm
by Questman
Unfortunately, no.

Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 2:00 am
by frcorey
Questman wrote:Unfortunately, no.
hmm, should have used YABB.

Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 2:26 am
by Drex
Found some interesting stuff at this link.

http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... 1&t=427852

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:34 pm
by Drex
Questman wrote:Unfortunately, no.
What version is this phpbb Rick?

http://www.marshalrusty.com/phpBB/spam/activation.gif

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:53 pm
by Questman
Good catch, Drex.

I've enabled it.

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:41 am
by dspain
Questman wrote:Good catch, Drex.

I've enabled it.
seems to have slowed it considerabely.

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:11 pm
by Questman
I get about 50 e-mails a day though asking me to validate users.. only two of them since I turned the option on have been real users. Annoying but worth it.

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:20 pm
by dspain
Questman wrote:I get about 50 e-mails a day though asking me to validate users.. only two of them since I turned the option on have been real users. Annoying but worth it.
yeah definately.

Validator must be broken

Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 5:22 pm
by Rigoletto
Been over a thousand new members / users since I registered just 7 weeks ago, most are from overseas and I'll wager that less than 50 of them have any real idea what this place is all about.

Just my two cents for today.     :twisted:

Re: Validator must be broken

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:51 am
by Drex
Rigoletto wrote:Been over a thousand new members / users since I registered just 7 weeks ago, most are from overseas and I'll wager that less than 50 of them have any real idea what this place is all about.

Just my two cents for today.     :twisted:
Yeah probably 5% may be lurkers and the rest are spambots and/or people will no real lives... on one of my forums I don't allow any registrations for certain countries/networks... 3 real bad one's for spammers.