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General Discussion => Web Development and Site Suggestions => Topic started by: Silver Night on 21 Nov 2010, 09:29
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We've had an increasing (though still fairly minor) issue with spammers registering accounts in order to spam links with their profile pages.
Please be careful of clicking links on new members profile pages, particularly if they have a nonsense or very generic (mjsullivan, jamesmitchell, etc) name.
I've gone through and banned the current crop, and hopefully we won't need to introduce any new hoops to jump through for registrations.
Edit: If you somehow get banned by accident, but are a legitimate member, shoot me a mail IG, and I'll get it fixed for you.
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Due to an increase in spammers, I've enabled email activation for new members. New members will now receive an email with an activation link, which they will need to click before they are allowed to post.
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In light of a recent heavy increase in spam registrations, I've installed a package that will require new members to answer Eve-related verification questions. Due to a conflict, this means that the reCAPTCHA had to be disabled. I am hopeful, though not positive, that this won't explode in my face. If it does, I will go about getting the mods to work together.
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Will also be going through and deleting spammy looking members who haven't posted anything. I will try not to catch any legitimate members, but if I do simply re-register - I won't be banning IPs or anything unless there is actual spammer activity.