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Re: What are these SPAM posters about ?
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Yeah ultima your right. but them image recognition things jar me. but i suppose if thats the only way.
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I agree half the time I can't read them [
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wOw the world spins?
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cloud197, nose567???
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12th September 2005
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It's a shame...I thought they'd all gone away .....
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What a pain. sorry you ahve had to put up with this crap Neil.
The best we can do is to engage the email validation for registration. But as has already been pointed out, it's not that difficult for spam programmes to surmount this obstacle.
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Hi All
okay, new registrations must now validate via email.
We'll see what impact this has. If none, then we'll move up another gear which requires moderators to validate registrations before they can be used.
Feedback on the scale of the problem would be gratefully received.
Chris
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Cheers Chris,
Lets hope the new registarion protocol works.
I'll keep you posted..... BTW ,do you know someone called L Biggs ?
Cheers
Neil
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2 more deleted tonight !
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Can you make a system which automatically checks every new profile's link list?
If the links contain words "gambling" or "poker" the profile is automatically cast into oblivion.
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Any more dodgy logins noted yet anyone ?
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none deleted today.............yet !!
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This may be of some help....
http://www.samspade.org/
Not such a pretty face am I? It might tell you a little abou them.
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OOOPS !!..SORRY RUSS...I ACCIDENTALLY EDITED YOUR POST INSTEAD OF RESPONDING TO IT....SORRY.....I MUST BE A SPAM BOT TOO !!
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Most sites deal with this problem by having an obscure password which you fill in on the page before you post your details, this is in a format that bots cant read because its a picture of the letters, which look like they have been drawn roughly by someone. This eliminates the bots from the join up process, because the bots can't read it.
http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2005/08/07/life_and_gravity_sleeping_in_a_horizontal_position_may_be_bad_for_you.htm
see security code on this page.
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chris
I had a look at the snitz forum support section and found this image recognition mod thingy, if it helps
http://www.snitzbitz.com/mods/details.asp?Version=All&mid=139
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Since the new registration changes, there have been no spam posters...which is nice !
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Thanks ukmicky for taking the trouble to look that up.
Since Neil reports that he's not seen any signs of trouble since we introduce email reg, then we may be okay at the moment, but if it becomes a pain again, maybe I'll introduce your solution.
Best
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(argh, registration is a PITA [
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The Wikipedia has an article about CAPTCHA tests which is relevant here. And a little scary - I think we're in a Turing test arms race, and the two ways it could easily go are internet becomes unusable vs. need to use government issued ID cards to prove you exist. Pretty grim, eh?
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07/11/2005 23:38:36 »
When I had my own registration-based site I used to include an easy, random question in the email I sent to the applicant. No answer, no registration. I didn't have that many applications, though, so I could handle it all myself.
I don't know how easy it would be to automate the process but I would have thought that a small database with, say, 100 questions & answers, would suffice. I could write it without too much trouble in an "old-fashioned" programming language so I'm sure someone Chris knows could produce something PDQ.
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this is the only spam i wish to see,
RE-HAB IS FOR QUITTERS.
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