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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 5:08 am
by MSG Commander
Hey all,

Anyone who's been on the site this past week has probably noticed we're getting a lot more spam than usual. Sometimes this just happens, but I try to delete it as soon as I see it or someone reports it.

However, I'm looking into adding a captcha to the registration process, which won't stop all spammers but should at least stop the bots. I've used captcha before so I know it's not too hard... the hard part right now is just finding the time to research and implement. So please bear with me; it WILL be added as soon as I'm able. Meanwhile thank you to everyone who reports spam posts! You guys are awesome.  8-)

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 5:16 am
by 1oldtymer
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However, I’m looking into adding a captcha to the registration process, which won’t stop all spammers but should at least stop the bots.

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Yes, captcha will help and is a good idea.  Three cheers for Commander, who has volunteered to do battle with the army of bots!   :-P

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:27 am
by MSG Commander
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It’ll be as epic battle as Battle of the Five Armies in Hobbit xd Just replace bots as the orcs

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Lols. For my sake, I hope it's nothing that extreme. ?

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:01 am
by MSG Commander
Whoever it is, they're sure persistent... but tomorrow and Wednesday I do have time blocked out to work on this...

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:19 am
by Mastertrek
At least by now everyone is totally aware of this bot.

Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 6:50 pm
by Uninvented
I just what received what I think is spam. Is this whst u guys are receiving, too?

Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 6:51 pm
by Uninvented
Don't worry. It's safe to open. Lol. That's only a screenshot of what I received. It's not a link.

Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 7:10 pm
by Mastertrek
I didn't check emails for some time but it's 95% spam.

Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 7:15 pm
by Islandi
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I just what received what I think is spam. Is this whst u guys are receiving, too?

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Yes, I received this too. I'm definitely 1000% sure it's spam.

Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 7:18 pm
by Mastertrek
Now I'm 2^2048% sure about it due to the fact I received exactly same message.

Someone has no life.