Lookit! A new member!

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DAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaave! I thought you fixed this? Stupid bots. :x

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Yes, I thought I had fixed this issue too.

Spambot #2 banned. I'll have to look into more draconian measures for the board :(

I think it's a phpbb bug.
If you try to register a account, you are requested to put in a visual confirmation code. If you don't then you can't get an account. But, clearly, there has been another bot registered. They haven't posted yet though. Thank fuck.

Cheers, for bringing this to my attention so quickly.

DAve

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I pity the poor bastard who tries to make an account with his old AOL handle. Mikey0895 or something.

8)

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I was thinking it might be an idea to limit usernames to letter's only, since bots seem to use numbers in them.

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From looking at the access files, it looks like the IP address of the recent spammer is 66.139.76.245

The first spammers IP was 212.199.26.131 .

Dammit, I was hoping to see a pattern there :)

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A short board-uprade later:

I've turned email notification on. In retrospect, this would be a obvious thing that I overlooked. Oops. Users have to wait until they recieve an email from the board before they can logon and post.

Minor board tweak to remove the spammers automatically inserting agreed=true in the url (something recommended by phpbb website)

I was thinking it might be an idea to limit usernames to letter's only, since bots seem to use numbers in them.
Yes, this seems a good idea, but my PHP is shite, at best. Using the above, I think we should see how it goes, then beef up the security later if needs be.

(or is that a really lax way to run a website?)