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« Reply #15 on: October 11, 2006, 02:09:09 PM » |
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the spam bots come in from all over the place, so just banning all of a countries IP aint gonna work, also theres the random chance someone will want to look at us over there (unlikly but you never know) so thats not gonna work,
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« Reply #16 on: October 11, 2006, 02:21:59 PM » |
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I dont think Its bots though... they cant get passed the pic registration AND chromes do da. Do we have email activication?
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To be Unclean, That is the Mark of the Xenos
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To be Abhorred, That is the Mark of the Xenos
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« Reply #17 on: October 11, 2006, 04:01:28 PM » |
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Do we have email activication? That's not a bad idea. An idea I had is based on the swear filters. When certain words/terms are used in a post, a PM is sent to the moderators with a link, allowing them to follow it up. This saves the trouble of having to trawl through the forums looking for spam. Of course, this has the potential of filling the Mods inboxes with hordes of false-alarm warnings, so careful thought would have to be put into what particular words bring up alerts. For example, 'Sell' and 'Ebay' are bad ideas, as some people may be raising awareness of an auction they have on an army they are selling, appropriately posted in the 40k section. Any spam that does slip under the radar can be discussed to see what terms may have triggered an alert, thus an ever-improving spam detector forms. At the moment this forum doesn't get much in the means of traffic (it's logical to assume it will pick up when the mod goes public however), which means there is time to test and calibrate this system. Comments? |
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« Reply #18 on: October 11, 2006, 07:10:47 PM » |
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Good idea.
Automated warning signs should be:
* "viagra" in any text
* hyperlink in signature
* weird timezone
I know that some ordinary users would put a link in their sig, but it doesn't take long to check a user profile.
Other ways to check for bots, that may or may not be possible:
- profiles that have not read any threads
- sign-up form compleated in less than 1 sec = bot
And of cause, ban IP and e-mails used by bots.
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f this is a dream...
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« Reply #19 on: October 11, 2006, 07:49:45 PM » |
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Seeing as how we have alot of people here who are under 18 cant we sue these companies for offering/selling drugs to kids  |
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« Reply #20 on: October 11, 2006, 08:30:20 PM » |
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Only if they are based in the country you live in...
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« Reply #21 on: October 11, 2006, 08:52:55 PM » |
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No, I think you can do it generally, not just locally.
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« Reply #22 on: October 11, 2006, 09:15:10 PM » |
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I dont think Its bots though... they cant get passed the pic registration AND chromes do da. Do we have email activication? A bot can follow an email link as easily as people can... pointless |
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« Reply #23 on: October 11, 2006, 11:29:10 PM » |
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Actually, they can't. You see, a bot can't create an e-mail account. It can't check the inbox. It can't read messages. It's just limited to a few things: Posting on forums pointlessly, annoying people and some other stuff I don't know... Damn, I should know about this stuff, I'm a PC freak  Well, I normally specialise in Hardware which is fine enough  |
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« Reply #24 on: October 12, 2006, 08:56:50 AM » |
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Actually, they can't. You see, a bot can't create an e-mail account. It can't check the inbox. It can't read messages. It's just limited to a few things: Posting on forums pointlessly, annoying people and some other stuff I don't know... Damn, I should know about this stuff, I'm a PC freak Well, I normally specialise in Hardware which is fine enough They can and they do. A bot is just a program. Anything a program can do a bot can do. When you set up an email address you use a program, when you check your email you use a program. Reading an email for confirmation links... easy coding (especialy when they are from a standard forum, with standard formatted emails). |
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« Reply #25 on: October 12, 2006, 01:54:41 PM » |
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You know you could have a special password that only users with unrecognised IPs have to type to get in... but that would need some exellent knowledge of coding.
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« Reply #26 on: October 13, 2006, 12:56:05 AM » |
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Well cant we change the email it sends? like, go to this link and type this code into the box?
Or maybe we should get a different host for the forums :? no other forums i know get fecking bots like this
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« Reply #27 on: October 13, 2006, 12:04:18 PM » |
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Good point. I hear Invision is quite cool...
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« Reply #28 on: October 17, 2006, 12:57:58 PM » |
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Sorry about the double post, but my idea is that we put a thread saying "This is not an advertising forum" on our board, becausde then we might get our point across to whoever is posting.
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« Reply #29 on: October 17, 2006, 01:54:11 PM » |
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you not getting this, its not a person, its not anything but an automated computer spamming sites.
warning them not to post does nothing, theres nothing to warn.
stop responding to their posts, theres no point and it means i have to delete you as well.
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