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I just noticed in a page-footer :

Registered users: USER1, USER2, Google [Bot], RockDoctor
Legend: Administrators, Developers, Spam Assassins

I've probably got the colours wrong, but the implication that I've been somehow awarded the cummerbund (armoured?) of Spam-Assassinery was clear.
How did I achieve that? I mean, I've no objection to assassinating spammers (hampered somewhat by lack of surgical skill for making the assassination suitably long-lasting. As memorable as such an event could possibly be) ... but to get the cummerbund accidentally ... what did I do.
And that suggests a new, rather gory, idea for the SF Trivia challenge.

Don't panic, you have not joined the Spam Assassins!

Cody wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 2:15 pm

Don't panic, you have not joined the Spam Assassins!

Oh well. What does spam assassinery mean? Since you're a sharp-shooter.
I also note, now, that in this reply the "explanation" bit of the footer is missing. Odd. Or left over from some decades-ago design choice?
Meh.
A minor point occurs - given the recent near-catastrophe, is the version of PHP-BB (?) anywhere near current? I know nowt about such, but keeping "up to date" is generally considered a Good Thing™.

I detect and delete the accounts of spambots!

Cody wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 2:40 pm

I detect and delete the accounts of spambots!

Which sort-of implies that (on this board) you must have registered an account before posting. I probably saw something to that effect when I was signing up, but it was so long ago.

It also implies that there are people who allow account-free posting on their BBs - which seems a useful option for a honeypot, but otherwise ... ?

Verily, the spam-bots are subtle. My own blog, 100% of the comments have been from spam-bots - before I instituted mandatory moderating (by me).

RockDoctor wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 2:53 pm

Which sort-of implies that (on this board) you must have registered an account before posting.

Yep! And first posts require approval by mods and/or admins.