AndyW
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 07:00 AM |
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113 new members and its oly 7.59am
What with the influx of "kitchen" spammers I looked at the member list and found 113 members registered today and its only 7.59 am
This site is being taken over by spam bots.
Surely there must be a way to stop this?
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sdh2903
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 07:24 AM |
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Paid membership ?
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Slimy38
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 07:42 AM |
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That's not good. I know that people say 'ignore them' but there's now two on the recent activity page, it won't be long
before there's three, then four....
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ReMan
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 07:57 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by sdh2903
Paid membership ?
Yep, should be, even just a couple of quid.
Would stop them dead, else if they did get through at least theres some revenue for the trouble
www.plusnine.co.uk
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loggyboy
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 08:58 AM |
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We could suggest admin approval forf each member but that could take a lot of work. Admin approval of initialbposts is another way. And we could also
cull all members with a post count of zero. Or email them asking them to confirm they have a genuine interest.
Mistral Motorsport
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NigeEss
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 09:28 AM |
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I'd be happy with paid membership, even at a tenner It's value for money.
As for the approval route, most forums employ such a system, but as said, it involves valuable time, and
113 in a morning would take a fair bit of it 
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.................Douglas Adams.
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jossey
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 09:58 AM |
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Even charge 10p will stop them
Or easier is do not let new users post a new topic until they have posted over 10 times and been a member for a week.
Plus put captcha on register page which I know I have mentioned before
That will solve it.
Thanks
David Johnson
Building my tiger avon slowly but surely.
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kingster996
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 10:25 AM |
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Problem is, the forum software used to run this site is well over 10yrs old and therefore very easy to hijack by anyone that fancies it. On top of
that the moderators don't seem to care too much, so nothing gets done about these pesky Kitchen tosspots - who are probably paying some dodgy
Search Engine Marketing "experts" to increase their traffic for peanuts.
Real shame, because this place has a wealth of knowledge and some decent folk contributing on a regular basis.
Just my 2p (paid my tenner too)
I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure
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Irony
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 12:12 PM |
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I am constantly shocked at the amount of 'guests' browsing. Surely there is something that could be done. I'd be happy with paid
membership as well. £10 - £20 per year membership is peanuts compared to what I have saved by using this site. Also the friends I have made as well.
There is a good culture on here of helping each other. I once Vinyled Up a Locosters Shop front and in return he took my girlfriend Microlighting!
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scudderfish
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 12:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Irony
I once Vinyled Up a Locosters Shop front and in return he took my girlfriend Microlighting!
That definitely sound euphemistic! 
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sdh2903
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 01:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scudderfish
quote:
Originally posted by Irony
I once Vinyled Up a Locosters Shop front and in return he took my girlfriend Microlighting!
That definitely sound euphemistic!
I had to read it twice
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Irony
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 02:10 PM |
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Just to clear things up.........
 
Description
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coozer
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 02:12 PM |
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Just had a look and just under 300 registered yesterday (21st) and its over 200 today, looks like hundreds every day recently..
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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sdh2903
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 02:18 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coozer
Just had a look and just under 300 registered yesterday (21st) and its over 200 today, looks like hundreds every day recently..
Are there even that many kitchen companies in existence?
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kingster996
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 02:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Irony
...Microlighting!
Ahh brings back memories:
 
Description
I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure
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kj
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 03:27 PM |
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Lets all put a post on about how shite the kitchens are and the poor service
Think about it, think about it again and then do it.
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ChrisW
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 04:23 PM |
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I've implemented a fix for this as follows:
1. Any user who has not verified their email address with 30 days of registration will be deleted.
2. Any user who after 30 days has not made any posts and has not visited the site again after 30 minutes had elapsed since their registration will be
deleted.
3. Any user who registers and never views a single page (yes, these exist!) will be deleted after 24 hours
This runs at midnight every night and I hope will reduce the number of spam signups in the database. Running the scripts just now has reduced the
membership count from ~75,000 to ~13,000.
Regards, Chris
My gaff my rules
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loggyboy
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 04:26 PM |
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Good stuff, thanks Chris.
If im reasing it right this wont stop the one off spammers will it? (kitchens etc)
Mistral Motorsport
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NigeEss
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 04:26 PM |
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Cheers Chris.
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.................Douglas Adams.
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ChrisW
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 04:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by loggyboy
Good stuff, thanks Chris.
If im reasing it right this wont stop the one off spammers will it? (kitchens etc)
No, but I have something else up my sleeve for that! Might even get it deployed tonight, just off to a meeting so will depend on what time I get
back.
Chris
My gaff my rules
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twybrow
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 06:43 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ChrisW
quote:
Originally posted by loggyboy
Good stuff, thanks Chris.
If im reasing it right this wont stop the one off spammers will it? (kitchens etc)
No, but I have something else up my sleeve for that! Might even get it deployed tonight, just off to a meeting so will depend on what time I get
back.
Chris
Great to hear. Fingers crossed it does the job and thanks for acting on this.
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samjc
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 06:44 PM |
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Sounds good chris keep us updated.
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ReMan
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| posted on 22/4/14 at 06:49 PM |
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Excellent news Chris
Should rid of a minor annoyance and save you some disc space±!
www.plusnine.co.uk
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kingster996
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| posted on 23/4/14 at 08:12 AM |
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Good news, I humbly retract my earlier statement ref mods' attitude!
I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure
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ChrisW
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| posted on 23/4/14 at 05:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by kingster996
Good news, I humbly retract my earlier statement ref mods' attitude!
Good to hear, you very nearly got a really shitty reply to that comment. To be fair, I am getting extremely fed up by the number of
'kitchen' posts I delete where someone has replied saying 'the admins don't care'. Really makes me think twice about
bothering to clean up the mess.
My gaff my rules
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