Reporting spam

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:15 pm

Ahruman wrote:
The e-mail ban interface appears to be broken. It lists no banned e-mail addresses; if I add one, it says it was successful but still lists none. Whether this is a display problem or the list is actually gone, and whether the recent influx is related to this problem, are both unclear./

I’m guessing at “yes, it’s really gone, and it’s related to our current problem.”

Captain Hesperus · Post by **Captain Hesperus** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:21 pm

Ahruman wrote:
Ahruman wrote:
The e-mail ban interface appears to be broken. It lists no banned e-mail addresses; if I add one, it says it was successful but still lists none. Whether this is a display problem or the list is actually gone, and whether the recent influx is related to this problem, are both unclear./
I’m guessing at “yes, it’s really gone, and it’s related to our current problem.”

A definate 'Oh, Sh*t' situation!

Captain Hesperus

Uncle Reno · Post by **Uncle Reno** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:12 pm

Uncle Reno · Post by **Uncle Reno** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:58 pm

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and another..
https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php?mode ... ile&u=1604

Captain Hesperus · Post by **Captain Hesperus** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:31 pm

Captain Hesperus · Post by **Captain Hesperus** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:48 pm

This is JUST TOO MUCH!!!!!

Captain Hesperus

I feel like the guy who's just watched his home get wiped out by an out-of-control bulldozer.

Uncle Reno · Post by **Uncle Reno** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:23 pm

Uncle Reno · Post by **Uncle Reno** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:26 pm

Captain Hesperus wrote:
This is JUST TOO MUCH!!!!!

Captain Hesperus

I feel like the guy who's just watched his home get wiped out by an out-of-control bulldozer.

Keep your cool, Captain, help will be here soon. There'll be medals in this for sure, just think, the "Defense of the Booard" Star to go along with all your other medals!

Magus Zeal · Post by **Magus Zeal** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:34 pm

If some of the admins/mods could PM me the IP addresses of the bots connecting, I can have them removed, most likely. Website addresses would be also helpful, though I did manage to RDNS one before a mod took it down. Hosted in the Ukraine, which means it's not very easy to take down, but I can try.

TGHC · Post by **TGHC** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 1:26 am

Give this man food!!!!

MadMax · Post by **MadMax** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 1:48 am

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https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=31570#31570 is back, this time posted by a guest.

reills · Post by **reills** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:53 am

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Somebody please get this one!!!

https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php? ... ile&u=1604

Killer Wolf · Post by **Killer Wolf** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:33 am

Or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-10_Thunderbolt_II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECww34TKXR0 mmmfff, check out those strafe runs >:-)

Commander McLane · Post by **Commander McLane** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:18 am

Killer Wolf · Post by **Killer Wolf** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:28 am

had a bit more trawl of php, maybe a mod/admin could scope these out??

TIPS
Set activation to 'user' or 'admin'
This feature sends an activation email to either the user registering or the administrator. Unless you plan on activating all members personally, you should leave this set to 'user'. Many bots use fake emails when registering, so this will stop them from activating the account. It will also discourage some human spammers, since they will need to provide a valid email account each time they register. Not only does this stop some spam, it also helps make sure that all members have valid email accounts on file (which will prevent emails from bouncing back when you send mass emails). You can activate this option in the 'configuration' section of the administration panel.

Enable visual confirmation
This is the image with the numbers/letters you had to enter into the box when registering on this site. While doing nothing to prevent human SPAM, it should block most of the bots. This feature has been improved in recent versions and even further improvements are in the CVS (will be in the next release). You can activate this option in the 'configuration' section of the administration panel. If you are using the latest version of phpBB, but do not see this option in the administration panel, your template is likely out of date. See this article by espicom for more info and the fix: http://www.phpbb.com/kb/article.php?article_id=329.

1. Disable guest posting
If you allow guests to post, SPAM bots will not even bother registering. It is therefore generally recommended that you disable guest posting on your board (http://www.phpbb.com/support/guide/#section3_1_2_1). If you absolutely must allow guests to post, I suggest you install the Anti-bot Guest Post MOD (#2 below) by otseng or the Visual Confirmation for Guests MOD by Kanuck (#15 below).

MODS

http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=210055 Checks the amount of time it took to submit the registration form. If it is less than 5 seconds, the form cannot be submitted.

http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=383305 This MOD replaces the standard visual confirmation with a question selected at random from a pool. You may add custom questions to the pool, which makes this MOD very dynamic.

The "how to install a MOD bit : http://www.phpbb.com/kb/article.php?article_id=150