Adam Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 As some of you may have noticed we had a visit from the spam bot fairy earlier, Hopefully I have resolved the issue , but as a precaution have fiddled with a few extra settings, just to ensure I can catch another attack quickly. The only one that "might" affect people, is I have added a setting to only allow a member to post AGAIN after x number of seconds so if you get this warning come up dont worry its only temp
fuzzy clam Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 That spamming shit is about as stupid as it gets,pretty sad that's what some people have to do to have fun.I say do what ever you guys have to do to keep our community spam free.
PharmDawgg Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 Yesssss Sirrrrrrrrrrr. I agree with Fuzzy.
Adam Posted January 24, 2015 Author Posted January 24, 2015 X is too large 60 seconds? I'm not saying they might be watching but something like that
abc123 Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 I'm not saying they might be watching but something like that right this only hurts humans, a computer program can wait infinitely...as a dedicated posted I am unable to log in for the first time in the day...read all the posts and reply to the ones that might need my attention with this current restraint. I would rather have to type a captcha every single time if needed, if I want to post before the timer runs out....Since it is 300 seconds.... 5 minutes...
Akic Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 Maybe the setting could be adjusted so only members with less than X amount of posts are affected, should catch the spam bots as their post count will be low when they join and they won't be able to get the required amount of posts to get the restriction lifted, and old timers can post as much as they like?
Buds Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 Maybe the setting could be adjusted so only members with less than X amount of posts are affected, should catch the spam bots as their post count will be low when they join and they won't be able to get the required amount of posts to get the restriction lifted, and old timers can post as much as they like? Might be an idea Akic. Like abc, I was getting caught out with this last night when trying to reply to threads to help people. Didn't realise what was happening and just gave up for night lol
Adam Posted January 24, 2015 Author Posted January 24, 2015 I have removed the timer now, like i said it was only a temp measure in case what I had done backend hadn't worked , didn't want the board filling up with crap
Buds Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 A timer in and of itself isn't necessarily a bad thing, it just seemed like a long one But fully understand why you needed it given how the boards went yesterday. Glad you got it all sorted, thanks.
abc123 Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 I have removed the timer now, like i said it was only a temp measure in case what I had done backend hadn't worked , didn't want the board filling up with crap definitely understand, and want the same in the end On some other boards to Akic credit, they make people with <10 posts enter a captcha for each post
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