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- Betelgeuse
- Fleet Officer
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I see some bots are coming and posting on the boards as guests. Is there any way to stop them?
Crying is not a proper retort!
- dvlenk6
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I don't know how this forum is set up, but I see it is a phpBB. There is probably a banning device in the user section of the admin panel that can block IPs and/or hostnames. Stinking robots!
EDIT - Don't anybody click on those links, that will just log this forum and make it worse, cause those people trade logs around.
EDIT - Don't anybody click on those links, that will just log this forum and make it worse, cause those people trade logs around.
- Betelgeuse
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wow even more of them
Crying is not a proper retort!
- dvlenk6
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I just spent some time on whois and I've got info about these websites: names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, etc.
One of them is a cable company in Seville, Spain. The other one is a networking company in Whitestone, NY.
One of them is a cable company in Seville, Spain. The other one is a networking company in Whitestone, NY.
- Betelgeuse
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we really need to do something about guest posting
isnt' there a way to have to have it verified before going up?
isnt' there a way to have to have it verified before going up?
Crying is not a proper retort!
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- Commonwealth Pilot
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i think so, but i think it's a global or at least sub forum wide thing...
"The world of reality has it's limits, the world of imagination is boundless..."
Would it be at all possible to implement something where for guests to post, they have one of those "type in the number hidden in the image above" things? It would give legit guests a chance to post freely and would stop the spambots cold.