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SPAM-Invasion

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I call on the administrators to take immediate action against the spam activities of the last few days. I have made suggestions in the moderators' corner.
We don't want this forum to end up like JP's a few years ago! :spam
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you are right

what's your proposal? should we change the restriction of the registration?

now it's very easy to answer the confirmation question, it can be something harder to answer

i'm absolutely open minded to find a good way to keep this forum safe
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Do all bots have the same general IP resp. are from the same country?
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randowe wrote: 2024-02-06 22:15, Tuesday Do all bots have the same general IP resp. are from the same country?
not really, they are coming from china, russia and usa from various ip addresses

recently i deleted the new bots, changed the registration question and i'm learning how to use recaptcha for phpbb forum engine, but i can't promise when i can do this job, maybe this weekend :dunno
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lvjtn wrote: 2024-02-06 21:26, Tuesday what's your proposal? should we change the restriction of the registration?

now it's very easy to answer the confirmation question, it can be something harder to answer
Absolutely yes! :yes

Perhaps supplement the Terms of use with some sort of rule about the content of the posts. There should be a legal basis for moderators to remove meaningless posts; posts containing advertisements in signatures, etc.
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lvjtn wrote: 2024-02-07 06:22, Wednesday
randowe wrote: 2024-02-06 22:15, Tuesday Do all bots have the same general IP resp. are from the same country?
not really, they are coming from china, russia and usa from various ip addresses

recently i deleted the new bots, changed the registration question and i'm learning how to use recaptcha for phpbb forum engine, but i can't promise when i can do this job, maybe this weekend :dunno
Thank you Csaba for looking to fix these mass attacks.

I've deleted around 100 users during January and February but spam bots are creating new users faster and faster every week.
I hope you can find a better method to avoid unwanted registering.
Anyway as I receive an email about new users requiring approval, I am rejecting any one having links to off-topic sites, or text not written in English.

But that is a time consuming task that would be great to avoid. Your help is very appreciated :bow :bow :bow
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