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A note about the recent influx of bots

Deathdrop, Yautja, 16 years ago

Only the webmaster (for whatever reason) can get the IP adress banned, so we'll have to wait.

PREDATORv2, Yautja, 16 years ago

I'd like to know what started it, I don't know how many you've seen DD, but on average I've deleted at least 2 a week.

DeathWraith, Yautja, 16 years ago

If you look at recent visits, there will be several users who have the word "MESSAGE" and nothing else in their profile, so i guess they must be bots.

shadowatching, Yautja, 16 years ago

Or the same person.

Peterson, Yautja, 16 years ago

Possibly time to bring back the activation time for members on the Forums, as much as i hate to say it thats what its come down to just about.

Praetorian, Yautja, 16 years ago

Added a validation code to the registration form.

I hope this will reduce bot activity.

Deathdrop, Yautja, 16 years ago

^ It's all the same person from what I could gather, so that might not be needed.

We just need to get the IP banned, which only P can do.

EDIT: Woops, responded too late. Nevermind.

Peterson, Yautja, 16 years ago

Thank you P!

shadowatching, Yautja, 16 years ago

Nikkie can't sign in, because it said

Username field can only contain alphanumeric characters dashes..

Gods, I am to tired for this.

But, is there a way to get around that, without doing a new name?

DeathWraith, Yautja, 16 years ago

She can just make a new account and transfer everything from the old one, we've all been through this at least once before, the ones who made accounts with other than alphanumerical characters.

Praetorian, Yautja, 16 years ago

"But, is there a way to get around that, without doing a new name?"

Yes, email me the old and new (with valid chars) username.

Edit: There was a problem with the update of the validation module (the underscores werent being accepted). Should be working now.

shadowatching, Yautja, 16 years ago

THanks P, you are a godsend