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Here's just a thought.

Since the spammers only seem to be posting threads, why not disable the ability to post threads until the user has acquired 2-3 posts or something like that.

might work and also get rid of Promenadi who just signed up as he will post after you delete georgspons post

After I delete his post?

I'm not a mod or admin I can't do anything =\

UnholyTancred wrote:After I delete his post?

I'm not a mod or admin I can't do anything =\

i know, that was for others that can delete stuff

and also get rid of Varteona

Yea I can tell he or she is bad news. Just look at the website in the profile...

Not a bad idea, however I wouldn't want to restrict any genuine 3DO folks from making new threads.

I'll find a solution soon enough. Just for the record this IS a human spam problem. At least we dealt with the automated spam!

Devin wrote:Not a bad idea, however I wouldn't want to restrict any genuine 3DO folks from making new threads.

I'll find a solution soon enough. Just for the record this IS a human spam problem. At least we dealt with the automated spam!

but if people are genuine 3do'ers they shouldnt mind posting 2 or 3 times before being allowed to make a thread

i visit one celeb pic site that wont let any links be posted untill they make 5 posts first

Devin wrote:Not a bad idea, however I wouldn't want to restrict any genuine 3DO folks from making new threads.

I'll find a solution soon enough. Just for the record this IS a human spam problem. At least we dealt with the automated spam!

We are dealing with the same crap on a forum that I am a mod at. It is unbelievable the amount of human spam we have been getting hit with as of late.

I'll find a solution soon enough.

Best solution is to put new members into a user group that requires moderation of new posts. If it's not spam, auto-promote to full members. But I doubt that this is possible with phpBB...

give me the power to delete these guys as soon as i see them

Let's draw them in quarters...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha

You need a stronger implementation of CAPTCHA.
A lot of newer spambots have methods for reading the
altered text. You are also using a much older version of
PHPBB. If you upgrade to the latest version (takes about
5-10 minutes) and implement some strong CAPTCHA
plugins your spammer issues will be OVER.

PERIOD.

heh if these spammers did this in the main forum then i think something would have been done along time ago. i know i wouldnt come here if the main forum was being spammed

Andramaha is on a roll tho
13 spam threads are alive and kicking