Hey John,
Ryan and I were talking. I asked him if there was a way to at that verify thingy to the forums every time a new post is made. I know be a pain, but I would cut down on the spam.
Ryan said that drupal offers something like that.
http://drupal.org/project/captcha
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That's on new user registration.
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Ryan McCue
Person 1: Oh my god. You will never believe what just happened.
Person 2: What?
Person 1: I can't remember, I've forgotten.
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
Just on registrations?
Is there anything for individual postings?
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The Kazoo Spartan
I don't think so.
Anyway, if we had to do that on every post, I think I'd die.
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Ryan McCue
Person 1: Oh my god. You will never believe what just happened.
Person 2: What?
Person 1: I can't remember, I've forgotten.
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
Captchas are a bit evil as they exclude visitors with sight impairments, which isn't very nice at all.
Dealing with spam is a bit like whack-a-mole sometimes. The spammers are using multiple open proxies and hacked machines around the world. One of the recent runs used a different IP for each post.
I've implemented a series of measures that should cut down on the issue, though. I won't discuss them too much in public as that may assist the spammers in getting around them. Sadly, this has been more of a time-sink than it should be. But, when you have a site with 500,000 page views a day it becomes a very tempting target for spammers.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
It was just a thought. I'm glad you have instituted some other measures.
8)
Life is about the journey not the destination!
Live today like it is your last!
Home is the place where, when you have to go there, They have to take you in. - Robert Frost
\(^.^)/
Life is about the journey not the destination!
The Kazoo Spartan
That the Drupal module also does audio captchas.
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Ryan McCue
Person 1: Oh my god. You will never believe what just happened.
Person 2: What?
Person 1: I can't remember, I've forgotten.
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
Captchas are a bit evil as they exclude visitors with sight impairments, which isn't very nice at all.
phpBB (and most sites with CAPTCHAs) have the option to contact an administrator if the image can't be read.
Vintage!
verify each post is just insane. I think the dealth penalty for all spammers is a much more suitable punishment.
John,
Can you add a suggestion on the guidelines to not post the full emails because of spam? Use the (at) instead of @, etc.
Just a thought.
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