I think it is super-easy to add one of those swirly mystery word checks before allowing an new ID set-up and the first post. Should stop your spam iss-shoo.
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Ed, re: spam
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Posted 2 years ago #
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They're called captchas Reich, me old fruit. I thought of that a few weeks ago but as I thought of it and it seems so obvious I assumed there must be reason why they haven't done it.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Maybe because they're super-annoying and don't work. Isn't there a blacklist feature you can add ">>>" and ", , , , , , , . . . " to, so the posts get auto-deleted? You're using phpBB, right?
Posted 2 years ago # -
The key is to make sure you prevent your links being useful for spammers. Thats why they come back.
You need to check this page:
Posted 2 years ago # -
Ram, they haven't done it as techie types never go for the easy, off the shelf answers.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Not a question of easy or difficile, just a question of getting round to it:
Oh dear :-( looks like we'll have to set up a captcha :-(
(quote from nice admin man dominic, 8 months ago...)
Posted 2 years ago # -
A simple "Rikkor, you are right again" will suffice.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Okay. A simple Rikkor, you're right again.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Ouch malgor.The,old comma,ploy. I seem to remember jousting with a Mr Custard some time ago. He did a similar thing to me.All because of a f****** coma.I'm still hurting.A deep,irrational,angry hurt that won't subside.Rikkor on the other hand....
5 for the riposte
Posted 2 years ago # -
I can't say captcha without an angry Ben Elton sneer. Don't know why.
Posted 2 years ago # -
"Captcha" sounds like a rap singer. Oh, and this just proves that techie types get all bitter when they are presented with an easy, sensible solution.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Captchas don't work, spambots use OCR to circumvent them. The only use for captchas is to stop annoying forum trolls shooting their mouths off.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Oh, gosh. It must be some CIA super-secret technology that keeps every other site in the world free from 1985 Acura Car Parts spam then, Mr. OCR.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Quite possibly because every other site uses all the anti-spam MODs you've never heard of.
As Confucius say, to foolish man with hammer everything looks like your testicles splayed on a chopping block.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Quick! Which one of us has been an IT executive at major banks and mutual fund companies for more than 20 years?
Posted 2 years ago # -
Aha.
So Mr Rikkor is an IT executive in a big bank.
Now the scales have fallen from my eyes, and I'm seeing mr Rikkor as he really is.
A fiend in human form!
Shouldn't you be readng a manual?
Posted 2 years ago # -
Rikkor, what about two factor authentication.
Just to make it interesting, we could virtualise it. In the cloud machine.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Quick! Which one of us has been an IT executive at major banks and mutual fund companies for more than 20 years?
Aaaah! So you're the pointy-haired boss? That does indeed clinch all arguments.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Never mind all that - what I want to know is how can we achieve total quality without sacrificing customer focus??
Posted 2 years ago # -
It's one thing having spam on the subs board, but now the bastards are giving themselves 5 stars. Well, really!
Posted 2 years ago # -
No, sorry it was me, I couldnt resist it. Thought they might reciprocate!
Posted 2 years ago # -
Rikkor -
Quick! Which one of us has been an IT executive at major banks and mutual fund companies for more than 20 years?
Shouldn't you be concentrating on completing your new book "How to lose all the Little People's money and then get bailed out by them whilst making a fat profit to boot, for Dummies"?
Posted 2 years ago # -
Rikkor is Fannie Mae and I claim my $10.
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Oops! Sorry, couldn't stop myself, did it again, oh dear!
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