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  1. October 8th, 2008, 09:32 AM #1
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    Default Spammer signups are getting worse

    I get 60 - 80 spammers signing up per day. It's a pain to deal with - it takes way too much of my time to deal with this crap.

    I'm going to try some alternative measures. Let me know if anything on the forum breaks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Robert
    I get 60 - 80 spammers signing up per day. It's a pain to deal with - it takes way too much of my time to deal with this crap.

    I'm going to try some alternative measures. Let me know if anything on the forum breaks.
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  3. October 8th, 2008, 01:40 PM #3
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    Robert, can't you use one of those "type in the letter/number sequence you see displayed in the box" filtering tools I encounter so often for new account sign-ups?
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    I just added another such thing, VDM. It seems the spammers found a way to break the default image "captcha" (as these things are called) that comes with the forum software.

    It is getting harder and harder to stay ahead of these scum bags, and I'm wasting a lot of time on it.
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    I noticed something on an other forum (ebassist) while doing a search in the non-registered mode: you have to answer a simple musical question before you get your search results.

    I thought it was quite good!
    Could a similar device help here...?
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    Already done, poodledude...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Robert
    I get 60 - 80 spammers signing up per day. It's a pain to deal with - it takes way too much of my time to deal with this crap.

    I'm going to try some alternative measures. Let me know if anything on the forum breaks.
    We have the same problem on our Blues French forum Robert it's a real pain
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    Quote Originally Posted by Robert
    I just added another such thing, VDM. It seems the spammers found a way to break the default image "captcha" (as these things are called) that comes with the forum software.

    It is getting harder and harder to stay ahead of these scum bags, and I'm wasting a lot of time on it.

    I have had the same issues on the couple of forums I have admin'd. It is a never ending job and we sure thank you for staying on top of it.
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    I added a new anti-spam feature yesterday. Today only 8 spammers signed up. It used to be 10 times worse! That's improvement.

    I am using a method that lets me type in my own questions. I am asking guitar related questions. I guess if a complete beginner wants to sign up and don't know general questions like "what company designed the Stratocaster?", then they would have to Google it or they won't be able to join here.

    If you have any good guitar-related questions like this, please let me know! Just don't list the answer here...
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    I'm glad I already joined because i would fail the tests As it is those Capcha things drive my eyes nuts and i always have to enter the word twice
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    "How many times can you pull the gain knob of the Yamaha JX50 and still get dirt? (of a million possible times)"
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    Quote Originally Posted by SuperSwede
    "How many times can you pull the gain knob of the Yamaha JX50 and still get dirt? (of a million possible times)"
    oh man....a classic!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by warren0728
    oh man....a classic!!

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    How many veins pop out of Roberts arm when he plays his Blue Strat with maple neck?
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