Forum updates

niko · Post by **niko** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:34 am

I've updated the forum with several changes, mainly to defend the massive spam bots which are currently likeing this forum a lot. The only change for users is that you'll have to watch the 'post new message' input mask for at least 5 seconds before pressing 'submit' or you'll get a preview instead of a new message. But I think that's no problem, you'll probably type 5 seconds anyway.

If you discover any problems, please report.

Electron · Post by **Electron** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 1:25 pm

I'm still not getting topic reply notifications. I think someone mentioned this before.

jox · Post by **jox** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:53 pm

@Electron: yea, me.

http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... php?t=5789

Joe_Oliveri · Post by **Joe_Oliveri** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 3:27 am

Thanks Niko, lets hope this works!

Armen138 · Post by **Armen138** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:00 pm

it doesnt seem to have helped

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:35 pm

it means it's not a bot but a stupid kid with a lot of free time.

Armen138 · Post by **Armen138** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:39 pm

cant you ban his/her/its IP?

niko · Post by **niko** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:16 pm

No, I tried, he has lots of IPs. And because of that, I still think it is just a clever bot.

vermeer · Post by **vermeer** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:43 pm

in some countries is really usual to have dynamic IP....

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 5:16 pm

such is my case, but I'm not the bot. heheheh

static IP's are used for higher speed connections than mine.

bal · Post by **bal** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:39 pm

Also in Belgium. Every casual user has got a dynamic IP. You need to pay for a static IP and take one of the more expensive subscriptions.

vermeer · Post by **vermeer** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 7:36 pm

imo, the easier thing would be just disabling guest....after all, if u leave the cookies, you never care bout it.

who knows, maybe is what they'r after.

vermeer · Post by **vermeer** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 7:40 pm

still, there are ways to trace them...

Saku · Post by **Saku** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 8:11 pm

Yup! It's posible to trace the spammer, even with the phpBB2! If the spammer is online atm you(The Admin) could check the IP by clicking the "IP" button on the post. This links you to an online tracer! There you could trace him and find his ISP-account!
Now you can ban him by the ISP-account (I guess

) which is non-dynamic!

AntiSpammer Regards
/Saku

cmoibenlepro · Post by **cmoibenlepro** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:02 am

I vote for disabling guest. If you use the cookie, you don't even need to log in.... so guest posting is not so useful.