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Anti Spam Measures - Jacob__mybb_import1 - 09-22-2011
I just deleted 30 spambot accounts that had advertising links in their sig... apparently they have been signing up all summer, and they just figured out how to post.
I also fixed the registration form so bots shouldn't be able to sign up at all anymore.
RE: Anti Spam Measures - Hippo - 09-22-2011
(09-22-2011, 03:49 PM)Jacob_ Wrote: I just deleted 30 spambot accounts that had advertising links in their sig... apparently they have been signing up all summer, and they just figured out how to post.
I also fixed the registration form so bots shouldn't be able to sign up at all anymore.
Did you put that random letter thing in?
RE: Anti Spam Measures - Jacob__mybb_import1 - 09-22-2011
(09-22-2011, 04:13 PM)Hippo_Yay Wrote:(09-22-2011, 03:49 PM)Jacob_ Wrote: I just deleted 30 spambot accounts that had advertising links in their sig... apparently they have been signing up all summer, and they just figured out how to post.
I also fixed the registration form so bots shouldn't be able to sign up at all anymore.
Did you put that random letter thing in?
That was already there, but they were cracking it somehow. Now there is a hidden form field that is filled in by JavaScript, so you won't be able to use it without JavaScript (which usually only works in browsers, not spambot programs.)
RE: Anti Spam Measures - Dignity - 09-22-2011
(09-22-2011, 06:22 PM)Jacob_ Wrote:(09-22-2011, 04:13 PM)Hippo_Yay Wrote:(09-22-2011, 03:49 PM)Jacob_ Wrote: I just deleted 30 spambot accounts that had advertising links in their sig... apparently they have been signing up all summer, and they just figured out how to post.
I also fixed the registration form so bots shouldn't be able to sign up at all anymore.
Did you put that random letter thing in?
That was already there, but they were cracking it somehow. Now there is a hidden form field that is filled in by JavaScript, so you won't be able to use it without JavaScript (which usually only works in browsers, not spambot programs.)
*Starts programming one with JavaScript*
Wait...now people without JavaScript can't join?
I thought you wanted members!
(IE 1.0)
Also, people with spambots can register themselves - then use a spambot to post random messages.
RE: Anti Spam Measures - Duck - 09-22-2011
If someone is actually using IE 1.0 they can't expect many websites to support their browser
RE: Anti Spam Measures - Qwertygiy - 09-22-2011
If someone is using IE 1.0, they're either in a third world country on a third rate computer or they're in a technology museum.
RE: Anti Spam Measures - Dignity - 09-23-2011
Or they have JavaScript disabled.
RE: Anti Spam Measures - Duck - 09-23-2011
(09-23-2011, 02:26 PM)roperson Wrote: Or they have JavaScript disabled.
But if they have javascript disabled they can't expect everything to work
RE: Anti Spam Measures - Dignity - 09-23-2011
(09-23-2011, 02:31 PM)Duck Wrote:(09-23-2011, 02:26 PM)roperson Wrote: Or they have JavaScript disabled.
But if they have javascript disabled they can't expect everything to work
Yes they can.
My site, for example, just has jQuery installed, and I don't use it or JavaScript.
Also, parents might disable JavaScript, so there kids don't get pop-us and stuff.
RE: Anti Spam Measures - Hippo - 09-23-2011
(09-23-2011, 03:03 PM)roperson Wrote:(09-23-2011, 02:31 PM)Duck Wrote: But if they have javascript disabled they can't expect everything to workYes they can.
My site
He said everything