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Ken Craft
09-03-2008, 10:02 AM
How do these end up getting registered?
John Coleman
09-03-2008, 10:16 AM
Well, we're desperate for members...

Chris emailed me that he had tightened up the registration process... not tight enough, apparently.
Kerry Liles
09-03-2008, 10:24 AM
How do these end up getting registered?

Perhaps there are exploits in the board software that permit a knowledgeable spammer to inject posts... Dunno. I suppose it is possible that it is rogue registration but I imagine it would be something like using a fake name like "Cyrano DeBergerac" that slipped through... :)
Egidijus Zeromskis
09-03-2008, 10:41 AM
In most cases, it is always necessary to update boards/blogs/forums.
3.5.4 (this) vs 3.7.3 (newest)

+

more moderators would certainly help.
Christopher Mallon
09-03-2008, 10:48 AM
I was going to upgrade to the new version, but they jacked the upgrade price up from $30 to $60. USD.

This software has the older image-verification program which is more easily bypassed. The alternative is to do what Chesstalk does and moderate every single new member. Which unfortunately really annoys people, and some people like any excuse to get annoyed ;)

I suppose we'll probably have to. The funny thing is the spammers found this new forum VERY quickly... it's not the same link as the old forum.
Egidijus Zeromskis
09-03-2008, 11:00 AM
I was going to upgrade to the new version, but they jacked the upgrade price up from $30 to $60. USD

ehh, mhh, is there any free version? :rolleyes:
Christopher Mallon
09-03-2008, 11:49 AM
no.

There's phpbb which is free and is really terrible. Worse than this old version, definitely. The previous best free one, Invision Powerboard, is now actually more expensive than vBulletin.
Bob Armstrong
09-03-2008, 03:33 PM
Hi Chris:

Another spammer has hit us with 2 threads. Somehow the registrations will have to be approved.

Bob
Kerry Liles
09-03-2008, 03:45 PM
I suppose we'll probably have to. The funny thing is the spammers found this new forum VERY quickly... it's not the same link as the old forum.

Bots and/or fleets of bots can scan large IP blocks very quickly looking for potential targets... Better upgrade ASAP.
Ken Craft
09-04-2008, 07:29 AM
Unless the Federation is going to approve registrations and require people to use their own names, this board will deteriorate into the mire.
Kerry Liles
09-04-2008, 09:41 PM
"Welcome to our newest member, SuiteAdobeOB"
Christopher Mallon
09-05-2008, 12:08 AM
I turned moderation on so they can't post until I let them...