| Author |
 Topic  |
|
gardendelights
Forum Admin
Australia
141 Posts |
 Posted - 24/06/2008 : 11:15:12
|
due to the recent influx of strange new registrations (all of which have email addresses ending in .cn and the prefixes all looking like advertising banners) i've decided to make this board a registration required board until we can break the cycle of the spamming machines. once we fall off their delivery route, i'll return the board to the open and free board it always has been.
sorry for any inconvenience.
|
|
|
Fouquieria
assistant gardener
USA
163 Posts |
Posted - 24/06/2008 : 11:57:18
|
No inconvience. Better CN than Bulgaria or Romania or Uzbekistan I figure.
-Ron-
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
 |
|
|
Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 24/06/2008 : 12:13:05
|
Marvelous idea Tessa..  No inconvenience to me either..
Good Things Come To Those That Wait ... I am Tired Of Waiting
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
|
|
|
The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 24/06/2008 : 12:22:03
|
I dont care as long as I can still long in !
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
Melbourne |
|
|
|
gardendelights
Forum Admin
Australia
141 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2008 : 11:01:57
|
okay...that seems to have both worked, and not worked.
even with registration required...one unauthorized spam machine was able to set up an account.
another interesting thing is that there continues to be 'guests'. today...there were 9 guests. these must be robots, because not even i was able to view the board without first logging in.
anyway...i'm opening the board back up to public viewing as another trial. if the spambots reappear, i'll shut up shop again. |
|
|
|
otamot
head gardener
1013 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2008 : 12:06:05
|
| some of the guests may be search engines like google, yahoo, msn etc indexing the site. is there any way you can set the forums to approve new members so they cant post until you clear them? |
|
|
|
tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2008 : 22:12:12
|
i've looked, but i don't see that we have that function. i'll look again.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
perth, wa |
|
|
|
gardendelights
Forum Admin
Australia
141 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2008 : 22:34:36
|
| i've tried a new setting. we'll see soon enough if it works! |
|
|
|
gardendelights
Forum Admin
Australia
141 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2008 : 14:57:12
|
ok...yes! that worked.
i netted 7 spambots overnight. |
|
|
|
Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2008 : 16:55:08
|
Good on you Tessa.. I noticed yesterday we had nearly 30 guests all afternoon and even now there are 18 so that has increased a lot from the few days before.
Good Things Come To Those That Wait ... I am Tired Of Waiting
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
|
|
|
The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2008 : 18:50:16
|
 lots of bots out there, hope they are not the triffid types 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
Melbourne |
|
|
|
gardendelights
Forum Admin
Australia
141 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2008 : 20:58:03
|
wow, folks...things are getting really busy in the registration dept.
it's getting hard, at times, to tell who to authorize and who not to.
right off...all the .cn requests are dismissed forthwith. these are bots originating in china.
the remainder, i IP track to wherever they are originating from. today...there were 28 requests. i deleted all but two, which originated from oz. a third originated from oz...but had, as part of their name AND address...the word 'porn' imbedded into it. if this was you, and there is a logical reason why this letter combination might be a part of your username and email address...then please write to me and let me know.
the fourth was a legitimate IP address with a name and email that matched...but it originated in russia. again, sorry if you're a russian visitor and i've deleted you. if you're not a robot...then please write to me and let me know and i will authorize you.
thanks all.
|
|
|
|
Pamela
head gardener
Australia
3949 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2008 : 06:27:50
|
Tessa thanks for all this hard work. I never log out and I have not been asked to log in or register. So not sure what u mean.
"The air of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears." |
|
|
|
The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2008 : 10:04:41
|
I think my friend from NSW was going to join , I'd better let her know your taking registrations again
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
Melbourne |
|
|
|
tessa
head gardener
Australia
3682 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2008 : 11:52:55
|
pamela, it will only affect you if you log out. all it means is that you must log-in again to post a response, or to read the archives. i've simply made it not possible to register without approval, which means that i say who gets to post. i don't much like the idea of that because i'm all about free expression...but we'd have over a thousand members now without it, most of whom would be spamming the boards with advertisements and porn.
so.
no way around it anymore, unfortunately.
it's fairly easy to see who's who...but i deleted a few requests for membership that might have actually been legit...and so i was posting that info to them, just in case.
cranky people live longer. i'm going to live forever!
perth, wa |
|
|
|
Pamela
head gardener
Australia
3949 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2008 : 19:47:14
|
We are all indebted to you Tessa!!!
"The air of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears." |
|
|
|
Topic |
|
registration now required