Spam
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Re: Spam
I turned automatic enrollment on because a real person emailed me that they tried to join a week ago and nothing happened.
I'd rather delete spam-bots than keep real people from joining.
I'd rather delete spam-bots than keep real people from joining.
Paul of Dune was so bad it gave me a seizure that dislocated both of my shoulders and prolapsed my anus.
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Re: Spam
I had to ban like 20 spam-bots this morning. I switched account activation to "by user (email verification)" maybe that works.
Paul of Dune was so bad it gave me a seizure that dislocated both of my shoulders and prolapsed my anus.
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Re: Spam
Appreciate getting let in. Hope I didn't let in too many bots behind me.Freakzilla wrote:I turned automatic enrollment on because a real person emailed me that they tried to join a week ago and nothing happened.
I'd rather delete spam-bots than keep real people from joining.
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Re: Spam
If there was only one that's good. User email verification seems to be working much better.Omphalos wrote:Barbarians at the gates.
I just deleted another one that got through.
Probably best option is to just check every few days, and approve every human in the queue.
Paul of Dune was so bad it gave me a seizure that dislocated both of my shoulders and prolapsed my anus.
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Re: Spam
You've got just about the spammiest user name I have ever seen. I was just going to delete you out of hand when I say your name on the New Posts link. good thing I checked here first.pcqypcqy wrote:Appreciate getting let in. Hope I didn't let in too many bots behind me.Freakzilla wrote:I turned automatic enrollment on because a real person emailed me that they tried to join a week ago and nothing happened.
I'd rather delete spam-bots than keep real people from joining.
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Re: Spam
Ha ha, noted. I"ll keep that in mind if I'm ever mysteriOusby removed from Internet forum pagesOmphalos wrote: You've got just about the spammiest user name I have ever seen. I was just going to delete you out of hand when I say your name on the New Posts link. good thing I checked here first.