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Sat, 12/30/2006 - 10:36That might be a potential solution. Other things I could try are:
o Add some moderators: they can delete the spam on sight
o try a few more phpbb modifications that might help.
I'll try the latter first (probably tonight) and see how things go.
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Sat, 12/30/2006 - 11:50Add some moderators: they can delete the spam on sight
Well, Jon, that´s the solution we are using to lead our spanish website on!
I think that it´s a very big deal, but if there are a few moderators, you could solve the problem easily when you and Katie are away. So it´s up to you.
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Sat, 12/30/2006 - 19:03Hi Katie and Jon;
Here in Canada, I'm 8 hours removed from the GeologyRocks command centre. I'm just finishing my supper while you in Europe are dreaming about field trips and rocks. I visit GeologyRocks most days between 7:00 and 9:00 pm, my time. I'm often the first to see these trashy posts.
If there is a way, I can at least re-direct that spam as I discover it.
Happy New Year
Mike
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Sat, 12/30/2006 - 20:11Thanks for all the offers to be moderators! I've installed some anti-bot modifications to the registration process. This should stop all the bots registering and posting. A human can still get past, but a human can only spam so much 
If this doesn't work, I think I might take people up on the offer to be moderate 
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Sun, 12/31/2006 - 22:05I was just thinking about asking a similar question (about if something could be done about these spammers). Glad to see you guys on top of it already and working towards getting it back to the secure, no-nonsense (ha) site it was and will be.
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Submitted by Matt on Sat, 12/30/2006 - 07:35.The advertising bots seem to be getting more and more frequent. I wonder if it would be an idea to screen memberships. I remember there's a function somewhere on this type of message board which makes it so the administrator has to verify a membership before an account is activated. Might be useful until another solution can be found.