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Re: FUCKING SPAM-BOTS
« Reply #315 on: December 06, 2011, 10:03:59 AM »

The board I'm talking about has almost 200k members so I doubt they do manual activation.  There is one random question that most people would no but others could google in 5 seconds and that's it.

I meant to say manual activation from the user, not the moderator/administrator.  Questions we use on our board are subject related ("which band does amanda and brian play together?") or small logical problems, like "adding two with 3 you get: (answer with a number)".

So the box doesn't send an E-mail out with an activation link?  Shouldn't that simply be an option to turn on?
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Re: FUCKING SPAM-BOTS
« Reply #316 on: December 06, 2011, 10:39:38 AM »

So the box doesn't send an E-mail out with an activation link?  Shouldn't that simply be an option to turn on?

I dont have any idea. Im not a mod and it has been 5 years since Ive joined the board. On SMF you just have to check a box to turn this on. But Im not sure if mods can access it or just the admin staff (as in roles in SMF).
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Re: FUCKING SPAM-BOTS
« Reply #317 on: December 06, 2011, 11:52:01 AM »

So the box doesn't send an E-mail out with an activation link?  Shouldn't that simply be an option to turn on?
I dont have any idea. Im not a mod and it has been 5 years since Ive joined the board. On SMF you just have to check a box to turn this on. But Im not sure if mods can access it or just the admin staff (as in roles in SMF).

I generally don't discuss security issues with software in Web Wide [W]readable places like this thread.
but as any of you could add an alt account to find out for yourself:
 - Registration includes, a password with a mix of UPPER & lower case letters, and digits, as well as entering the contents of a visual CAPTCHA
 - The email address registered with, is then sent an activation email.

The are all additions since I registered when the current version of the box opened,
four and a half years ago.  (Hmm, might have required an activation email back then, but definitely not the other two.)

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Re: FUCKING SPAM-BOTS
« Reply #318 on: December 06, 2011, 11:58:32 AM »

The Admins are aware of using of a registration question.

I suspect the underlying server issues have to be resolved first,
but have not been told that for a fact.

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Re: FUCKING SPAM-BOTS
« Reply #319 on: December 07, 2011, 09:25:22 PM »

Can we just ban any profile, user, email, thread or post containing the word....
...umm, it rhymes with "hug" and it refers to a particular sort of unattractive casual footwear.

Yeah, THAT word...  >:(
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Re: FUCKING SPAM-BOTS
« Reply #320 on: December 07, 2011, 11:19:18 PM »

Can we just ban any profile, user, email, thread or post containing the word....
...umm, it rhymes with "hug" and it refers to a particular sort of unattractive casual footwear.

Yeah, THAT word...  >:(

some sboxers like those boots ...

if they are 1 post newbies from 3rd world IPs, maybe ...

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Re: FUCKING SPAM-BOTS
« Reply #321 on: December 07, 2011, 11:34:46 PM »

Can we just ban any profile, user, email, thread or post containing the word....
...umm, it rhymes with "hug" and it refers to a particular sort of unattractive casual footwear.

Yeah, THAT word...  >:(

some sboxers like those boots ...
I think we need to ask ourselves if we need people that like those boots on our board.
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Re: FUCKING SPAM-BOTS
« Reply #322 on: December 08, 2011, 03:40:43 AM »


some sboxers like those boots ...


That might be because of Stockholm Syndrome.
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Re: FUCKING SPAM-BOTS
« Reply #323 on: December 08, 2011, 06:30:17 AM »

the spambots are probably selling counterfeit knock-offs of those boots ...

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Re: FUCKING SPAM-BOTS
« Reply #324 on: December 08, 2011, 09:29:35 PM »

not to mention

north face jackets
canada goose parkas
karen millen dresses and fashions
...

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Re: FUCKING SPAM-BOTS
« Reply #325 on: December 09, 2011, 12:11:44 AM »

News Flash: At this very instant, the person listed as "Latest Member" appears to be an actual person!
Three Cheers for "The Cack" (unless he's just a better-disguised 'bot)
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Re: FUCKING SPAM-BOTS
« Reply #326 on: December 09, 2011, 01:17:57 AM »

News Flash: At this very instant, the person listed as "Latest Member" appears to be an actual person!
Three Cheers for "The Cack" (unless he's just a better-disguised 'bot)

we have had quite a few real newbies lately,
mostly ozians and kiwis into the tour down there



i hope Sean has done more to fight spam before
the bots get better disguised



porn / viagra / cialis / ...
has gotten relatively rare lately

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Re: FUCKING SPAM-BOTS
« Reply #327 on: December 10, 2011, 03:23:00 PM »

Holy fucking spam.  I mean, this place isn't worth reading or posting on anymore.
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Re: FUCKING SPAM-BOTS
« Reply #328 on: December 10, 2011, 04:49:32 PM »

Holy fucking spam.  I mean, this place isn't worth reading or posting on anymore.

You caught the sbox at a time, a mod hadn't been on to black hole the spam.

Until team amanda can fix the multi-tiered server and software problems,
I wish that we could have a mod on line 24/7.

But having lives & all (usually) keyboarding in the US,
there are times we're not on-line:
very early in the morning (US time).
weekends, holidays, ...

Bottom line, come back later,
and it won't be as bad.

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Re: FUCKING SPAM-BOTS
« Reply #329 on: December 12, 2011, 01:37:45 PM »

just took the bot hammer to a bot that had "bot" as part of its fucking name.  :violent1:
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