Author Topic: Possible incoming spammers (Read 1646 times)

saint · « **on:** September 06, 2006, 05:11:30 pm »

The new forum software has one of those "type in what this image is showing" Captcha tests to fill out before you can get an account. With that to stop the spam-bots, I've switched from manually verifying every single user to allowing the forum to do it automatically. I've been manually catching as many as 20-30 spam-bots a week over the last 6 weeks or more.

One spammer slipped through a few days ago, and since I was going out of town I just turned off auto-approval until I was back in town (Dragon*Con for 5 days, *MUCH FUN*).

There are about 145 new users pending, and after a once-over I'm going to approve them all. Welcome all new people! Spammers, suffer a slow and horribly embrarrasing sexual disease.

Bear with us for a few days if a few spammers slip through. If the Captcha thing doesn't do the trick I'll go back to manual approvals.

--- saint

horseboy · « **Reply #1 on:** September 06, 2006, 06:36:02 pm »

Some guy named Stingray is spamming up the whole site.

Vigo · « **Reply #2 on:** September 06, 2006, 06:47:54 pm »

Spammers are usually at least fun to make fun of, it will be a good way to divert our hostile tendencies

JackTucky · « **Reply #3 on:** September 06, 2006, 08:08:48 pm »

but spammers never come back to see what happened.

Unless its youtube or something.

Jacktucky

missioncontrol · « **Reply #4 on:** September 06, 2006, 11:38:48 pm »

I'm still waiting on my check from that friendly nigerian

jbox · « **Reply #5 on:** September 07, 2006, 12:21:59 am »

Does this friendly nigerian have any XBox 360 crates to sell?

missioncontrol · « **Reply #6 on:** September 07, 2006, 01:14:37 am »

Quote from: jbox on September 07, 2006, 12:21:59 am

Does this friendly nigerian have any XBox 360 crates to sell?

yeah and also stars in commercials....

shardian · « **Reply #7 on:** September 07, 2006, 07:57:29 am »

Two words...

HARRISON FORD

Stingray · « **Reply #8 on:** September 07, 2006, 09:37:41 am »

Quote from: horseboy on September 06, 2006, 06:36:02 pm

Some guy named Stingray is spamming up the whole site.

If I were running this site he'd be the first one into the Muffin Monster.

-S

missioncontrol · « **Reply #9 on:** September 07, 2006, 12:12:32 pm »

maybe you should ban everybody and those who sign up again aren't the real spammers.....

Stingray · « **Reply #10 on:** September 07, 2006, 12:14:40 pm »

Or maybe you could just ban MissionControl so we can all have a good laugh at his expense.

-S

missioncontrol · « **Reply #11 on:** September 07, 2006, 12:17:28 pm »

hell you don't have to ban me to be able to do that....

horseboy · « **Reply #12 on:** September 07, 2006, 01:01:53 pm »

missioncontrol

Quote from: missioncontrol on September 07, 2006, 12:17:28 pm

hell you don't have to ban me to be able to do that....

...What?

RayB · « **Reply #13 on:** September 08, 2006, 10:15:09 am »

Ban Stingray. He killed Steve Irwin.

Stingray · « **Reply #14 on:** September 08, 2006, 10:52:57 am »

Quote from: RayB on September 08, 2006, 10:15:09 am

Ban Stingray. He killed Steve Irwin.

For the last time he was dead when I got there. I was set up I tells ya!

-S


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