Topic: Spam threat once again
Started by: Ramidel
Started on: 8/13/2006
Board: Site Discussion
On 8/13/2006 at 2:28pm, Ramidel wrote:
Spam threat once again
First Thoughts Forum has just been attacked by a spammer (http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20841.0 among other threads). As if we haven't attracted enough spam already this month.
Now that we've apparently hit the list of some spambot maker...Ron? Clinton? Is there anything that can be done to stop this invasion short of shutting down the Forge?
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Topic 20841
On 8/13/2006 at 6:33pm, Thomas D wrote:
Re: Spam threat once again
Luckily all the spambots are flagging thier posts with an icon that make them easier to spot and delete. Once everyone gets back from Indy, you'll probably see all those posts vanish.
On 8/14/2006 at 4:09am, Wolfen wrote:
RE: Re: Spam threat once again
Either Ron and Clinton are so on top of things when they're here that I rarely notice, or there HAS been a sudden influx of spam posts.
I don't know about the technical specs of these forums, but from what I've seen from phpbb2, there's little that can be done to stop this, aside from requiring any new members to be manually activated, which would be a real pain in the ass for the moderators.
Do these forums still require you to click a link in an automatically generated e-mail to activate your posting priveleges? I know they used to..
On 8/14/2006 at 2:00pm, signoftheserpent wrote:
RE: Re: Spam threat once again
How is it possible to spam a site you aren't a member of?
On 8/14/2006 at 3:02pm, r_donato wrote:
RE: Re: Spam threat once again
The spambots register themselves automatically.
Anyway, it seems that Clinton and Ron have cleaned up the First Thoughts forum, so thank goodness for that.