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dylan
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« on: January 28, 2010, 05:32:10 pm »

We've put in place some countermeasures to try prevent a repeat of the spam posts we were hit with recently.

- Updated forum to latest version
- Added T.O.S users must agree to before getting an account
- Deleted dodgy looking accounts
- Put re-captcha in place to make it harder for automated registrations

If we get any more spammers we will be forced to lock access to the forum down to UK IP addresses only.
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« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2010, 06:22:42 pm »

We've put in place some countermeasures to try prevent a repeat of the spam posts we were hit with recently.

- Updated forum to latest version
- Added T.O.S users must agree to before getting an account
- Deleted dodgy looking accounts
- Put re-captcha in place to make it harder for automated registrations

If we get any more spammers we will be forced to lock access to the forum down to UK IP addresses only.

Nice work Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2010, 05:59:15 am »

I see you've sorted out the server clock too!
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« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2010, 09:57:44 am »

Yeah, had a bit of a break from work recently so had more will to tinker with stuff for free instead of getting paid for it! lol ;-) Had to apply a workaround to the server time issue due to lacklustre support from VPS provider (and a strange setup in place that doesn't permit customers to change the OS clock on clients) but that's another story.
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« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2010, 12:55:54 pm »

dont forget the lazy turd who didn't respond to ya emails  Wink
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