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I had a lie-in. :D
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Why not upgrade to phpBB 3? It's been out for around 2 years now, and has several new features to restrict spam and other forms of abuse.

And furthermore, there's no longer any support for phpBB2, so you're on you own if exploits are discovered.
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In short, because I don’t have the necessary access to this server, and when I tried to migrate the DB to do it elsewhere I ran into a variety of problems.

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... and of course, because our clocktower is such a cozy place...

...if only someone finally would get all those empty shells out and into the trash bin, that is...
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* Killed him twice already

AzzyBearzzy: https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php?mode ... ile&u=2913

Please kill!
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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El Viejo wrote:
Good catch - and now it's your turn to beat me by 20 mins! :roll: :wink:
Selezen wrote:
Apparently I was having a DaddyHoggy moment.
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DaddyHoggy wrote:
Good catch - and now it's your turn to beat me by 20 mins! :roll: :wink:
A little slow in pulling the trigger lately?
That's alright, my finely plumed friend. Another tosser will fall right into your sights soon enough. :) It doesn't look like we're running low on willing targets soon.
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AaronTassle: https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php?mode ... ile&u=2918

is desperate to spam us!

Edit: and now he's started: https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?p=103072#103072
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This spammed us already:
salmagory: https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php? ... ile&u=2917
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https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php? ... ile&u=2923

sadystysfub

email address has a fair few hits on stop forum spam

edit to add: can't get clicky linky thing to work, sorry.

edit: got it but he's already dead
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XRumerFan

9 entries on SFS
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A variation on an old "favourite"...
Selezen wrote:
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izADA
https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php? ... ile&u=2928

Lots of hits on SPS for this one.
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UNSONPYPE: https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php?mode ... ile&u=2931

and I might be overdoing it but I'm suspicious of

tocorro: https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php?mode ... ile&u=2932

Nothing on SFS but a Google search brings up several brand-new, similarly empty profiles on a number of other forums.
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Kayalloff

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XRumer's back for another go. :roll:

:edited for punctuation.
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