korwich Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Hands up who here is really getting pissed with these furriners posting this spam, its wrecking our catsailor. Do not look at the posts if they come up, as it just gives the posters the idea that their posts will get traffic. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interested Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Yep if its not moderated properly then the site will lose out to these international spammers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrSnapid Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Must admit it's turning me off what is otherwise a nice forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hills Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 What!?! Are you saying you're not interested in great deals on louis vitton or Nike. Well... I might as well just delete them then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interested Posted July 10, 2013 Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 If it was pages upon pages of sailing gear then it wouldn't be so bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt15 Posted July 10, 2013 Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 I see only members can post here so have the administrators considered changing the ways members join? I believe there are several ways new members can be moderated. I can't recall how I joined here but most updated boards and forums block new bots by incorporating illustrations and sounds when joining up. Another very common approach which is sometimes a tedious process for admins is for all applications to be reviewed by admin prior to that member being able to post. You can usually pick the bot applications by there name/e-mail and weblink but sometimes new members get deleted as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbieandrew Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 It is actually getting ridiculous. I'm with Matt15, something needs to be done about joining the site. I would suggest a simple word verification box thing when signing up or something similar, you know, where you have to type in "Ruler Tomorrow" of whatever the image in the box says... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 start up a new site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interested Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 MaKe it Aust only..stops OS spammers. Genuine OS members would need to email moderators before posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hills Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 As a mod, I can only delete posts, you'd have to speak to the administrator about these changes. I'd much prefer to keep this site going, however if it gets too bad, you could always visit the sailing section of seabreeze.com.au, however that's for all forms of sailing, not dedicated to cats like this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NixonJr Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 Hey Guys, Sorry about all the spam, Just so you know there is a image verification when you sign up as well as having to verify your email address before you can post, We also have a "Spam Bot" called Akismet, And that stops about 85% of the spam that gets posted, The other 15% is what you guys see, I will have a play with the software tonight and see what else we can do, Always open to suggestions Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korwich Posted July 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Thanks Robert I for one really appreciate all you do with catsailor .net. Cheers Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 .....Hands up who here is really getting pissed with these furriners posting this spam.... [ATTACH=CONFIG]1444[/ATTACH] Its the one thing that has pushed me away from here as a regular user, I even decided not to post my boats rebuild details here in a thread because of it.... :( so I went and did the thread on another forum instead, ( http://www.catsailor.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=259959#Post259959 ) sadly this forum is easier to use but it seems more like a training ground for beginner spammers..... Admin needs to dramaticly increase the number of moderators so that the forum is "scanned" with far more frequently for spammers... Moderators need to be able to lock and move spam to a specific folder (probably in the hidden moderators section) for admin to later delete after the IP is banned. sadly the spammers own this site ....... for now :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hills Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Well from my moderators view of this forum it certainly looks as if the latest upgrades have done the trick. Well done Robert, great job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt15 Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Spam bots update faster than the board versions usually but its certainly a great start in the right direction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korwich Posted August 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Hasn't taken them long this time, every thing is full of bloddy spam, hell most of it does'nt even make sense, I really feel for Nixon trying to provide a forum as part of this site only to have these parasites wreck it for all of us. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboutcats Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Hey Robbie how about asking them what sort of boat they sail and where they are when they join, it works for other sites as it proves they understand cats, can write English and they can add to this site not detractregards Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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