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Garion · Post by **Garion** » 02 Oct 2007, 10:40

Yeah but once we get to know the people with those names, we start to think less of them looking like spam names etc.

Post by **tubeguru** » 08 Oct 2007, 19:24

OK, it's getting silly now.

It's quite hard to keep on top of all the spammers when you're out at work all day and too knackered to fix it in the evenings.

I might ask Chris to go through the SQL database and just delete the last people who signed up, back to the last-known "good" person. If you see what I mean.

I can't see any genuine ones in the latest signups.

jamesthegill · Post by **jamesthegill** » 08 Oct 2007, 20:02

Is it easy to change the Captcha? On my phpbb forum I've got a simple mathematical equation (eg 2+2=) that seems to have weeded them out, we've only had one in about 3 months.

Going Underground · Post by **Going Underground** » 09 Oct 2007, 08:26

tubeguru wrote:OK, it's getting silly now.

It's quite hard to keep on top of all the spammers when you're out at work all day and too knackered to fix it in the evenings.

I might ask Chris to go through the SQL database and just delete the last people who signed up, back to the last-known "good" person. If you see what I mean.

I can't see any genuine ones in the latest signups.

Blimey Neil, that's well over 50 since the begining of October, like you say that is difficult to keep control of........

I wonder why there have been so many in a relatively short space of time

Post by **tubeguru** » 09 Oct 2007, 18:06

Because once you get one, you get loads - they're usually automated programs that send back a positive response saying "we managed to register so send more robots to sign up".

James - email me about the Captcha.

lazza 747 at gmail dot com.

Soup Dragon · Post by **Soup Dragon** » 09 Oct 2007, 19:40

Some forums do not allow you to initially enter your web address until you've reached a certain number of posts. Is this another way you could stop the bots trying to establish accounts? It must be a pain having to deal with so much rubbish clogging up the forum.

jonny · Post by **jonny** » 09 Oct 2007, 20:22

Maybe you could scrap automatic registration altogether? So they email you for an account, and you assign them a Username of their choice and a random password that they can change. Having to email would surely stop bots from attempting to sign up?

Post by **tubeguru** » 10 Oct 2007, 18:59

Hang on, hang on.

The forum software does not (so far as I know) allow me to do the things you've mentioned above. It would require more time and skill than I have to make it so it does.

I can't stop anyone signing up - all I can do is set it to automatically reg them or for me to confirm it.

And you'll notice that I still haven't deleted them.

Can't do it tomorrow - I'm off to Exeter in the front of an HST ...

Yorkie · Post by **Yorkie** » 11 Oct 2007, 00:10

http://recaptcha.net/ ?

Going Underground · Post by **Going Underground** » 11 Oct 2007, 08:26

tubeguru wrote: Can't do it tomorrow - I'm off to Exeter in the front of an HST ...

Now your'e talking

enjoy.........

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