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Sean Caranna
PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:29 am 
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so many new member request notifications from spammers! LOL

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planecrazzzy
PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:20 pm 
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Hi Sean,
It's still a pain in the butt going through them...

BUT... The Forum is staying clean...
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I "Have" let some members through...

Some I write , If the Name and Email look questionable..... asking If they Fly or Build
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If I don't get a reply.... They don't get through...
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Gotta Fly...
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Sean Caranna
PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:33 pm 
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I ran an upgrade today and purged out a bunch of inactive users. I may add some additional countermeasures soon if I can get the templates fixed first.

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planecrazzzy
PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:53 pm 
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By countermeasures...

You mean We go and SPAM THEM !!!!!!
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HA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Gotta Fly...
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Sean Caranna
PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:17 pm 
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planecrazzzy wrote:
By countermeasures...

You mean We go and SPAM THEM !!!!!!
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HA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I like the way you think!

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Sean Caranna
PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2012 12:02 pm 
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We're back to open membership but mods have to approve new member's first few posts. That will make registration easier and let us keep the site as spam free as possible.

I've also removed some of the multiple posting speed bumps and other limitations.

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Sean Caranna
PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2012 12:05 pm 
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Oh, and the banner ads are back. Sorry - Got to pay for this all somehow.

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rexxhead
PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:15 pm 
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So..... how often do you review posts? My first post is now several days old. It took me five weeks to get approved and only because I happen to have a back channel to SeanC.
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Sean Caranna
PostPosted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 11:29 am 
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Additional countermeasures deployed. We still have to approve first posts by a new user for now but the new system should help trip up the spam bots. If it works well for over 30 days, I'll remove the first post approval.

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Sean Caranna
PostPosted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 3:48 am 
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planecrazzzy wrote:
There was about 600 members ( Spammers in waiting ) I got rid of....

Took HOURS to do it....

Last time I cleaned it up , We had about 850 members....

After I got rid of 600 this time..... We have 899 members....

Sounds about right...
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I sure hope this next change keeps the rush from storming the site...
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Gotta Fly...


THANK YOU!

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