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Kinley · Post by **Kinley** » January 6th, 2007, 10:48 pm

Is it possible to get rid of the "newest registered user" feature?

Sisu · Post by **Sisu** » January 7th, 2007, 12:17 pm

That would be also my suggestion. "cum hairy pussy nax" should also be removed as a forum user.
Alternatively, apporve forum additions with a delay of 2-3 days so stuff like that can be weeded out.

Citroen · Post by **Citroen** » January 7th, 2007, 12:29 pm

There were some changes made to the board so that new users can't post HTML links. That's stopped "cum hairy pussy nax" from doing more than simply registering as a user.

The registration should be using a CAPTCHA image and other verification to prevent automated registration (these are real people they are just awkward spamming robots that polute the board). But the current protection is clearly being defeated somehow. One thing that should be needed is email verification - send email with a link, the userid isn't registered or activated until the link is clicked by a warm body.

Perhaps this mod: http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=435694 could be installed.

Yakky Doodle · Post by **Yakky Doodle** » January 8th, 2007, 9:52 am

There has been a wave of real-people porn spammers hitting dozens of forums over the past couple of months. I'm involved in running 3 different forums, and all three, plus all the support forums, got hit. All three of the ones I'm involved with used the CAPTCHA feature, and one used e-mail verification. We got hit anyway, which is why we think it's a real person with too much time on their hands. Short of putting registration on a Moderator-approval basis, it may be difficult to stop.