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Re: looks like were being bombed with spammers

2012-01-20T22:58:33+00:00

We did have a simple question and answer which was working OK but looks like they cracked it. I've switched to a Re-Captcha but we still had a spam post tonight - looks like there were some dormant users that had registered a week or so back and were waiting to start spamming. Therefore I've deactivated any accounts that were registered but had never posted - sorry if that affects any genuine users but you should be able to reactivate or else drop me a line and I'll sort it out.

Statistics: Posted by Jimmy — Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:58 pm

Re: looks like were being bombed with spammers

2012-01-20T21:18:57+00:00

Jimmy, we setup a custom profile field that is required.
It has a minimum requirement of 6 characters, this along with the captcha has all but stopped the spammers.
Hope this helps.
PS, we also dumped cloudflare for reasons I wont go into here.

Statistics: Posted by Andy — Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:18 pm

Re: looks like were being bombed with spammers

2012-01-19T23:27:52+00:00

Tried a new anti-spam method but we still had one tonight so going to try a more involved one... it's a pain but hopefully it'll help.

Statistics: Posted by Jimmy — Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:27 pm

Re: looks like were being bombed with spammers

2012-01-19T12:14:18+00:00

They must have updated their techniques, it has been pretty quiet up to now but something has changed in the past few days. I'll sort it!

Statistics: Posted by Jimmy — Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:14 pm

Re: looks like were being bombed with spammers

2012-01-18T23:48:49+00:00

No point getting angry at robots idontdrink - aye its a pain in the arse, but I'm sure Jimmy will get a handle on it.

Statistics: Posted by Capt-Cudellez — Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:48 pm

Re: looks like were being bombed with spammers

2012-01-18T22:37:12+00:00

Aye.

I think as well as the question on registration Jimmy needs to enable captcha as well.

Spam is the pube in the soup of life.

Statistics: Posted by mozr — Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:37 pm