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Postby Edna » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:09 am UTC

I know I am new an' all but by christ I have rarely seen so many spam bots.
Just a thought but how about limiting new members to posting so many times (10?) before starting a new thread?
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Postby notzeb » Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:06 pm UTC

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Postby Jesse » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:02 pm UTC

It's an idea that's been bandied about but really we are just waiting for the new release of phpBB which is apparently not too far away and features some awesome new stuff. Until then it seems that us mods will keep on deletin'.
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Postby Hawknc » Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:15 am UTC

This is less compared to what it was...maybe six months or so ago. Crazy times.
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Postby Jack Saladin » Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:02 am UTC

There's already a thread. Several threads, in fact, but one that you're actually supposed to use and isn't locked.

As opposed to this one.
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Postby Jesse » Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:02 am UTC

To be fair to Edna, this is a sensible place to have one and it's not his fault that we've yet to move the official Spam topic into the Site/Forum Issues first. I'll go see if I can dredge it up and shift it now.
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Postby hermaj » Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:12 am UTC

Good idea, Jesster. If you find it's horribly off-topic or something maybe your could doctor it or re-open this one or something.
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Re: The Spam

Postby LE4dGOLEM » Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:17 pm UTC

Edna wrote:I know I am new an' all but by christ I have rarely seen so many spam bots.
Just a thought but how about limiting new members to posting so many times (10?) before starting a new thread?


It's actually easier to delete a spam-only thread than it is to delete several spam posts in an otherwise okay thread.
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Postby RealGrouchy » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:19 pm UTC

Jesster wrote:To be fair to Edna, this is a sensible place to have one and it's not his fault that we've yet to move the official Spam topic into the Site/Forum Issues first. I'll go see if I can dredge it up and shift it now.

"Edna" is a man's name?

The Simpsons makes a whole lot more sense now...

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