Could you please consider adding a captcha system on the registration of this forum, or for posts by new members ? Cuz it's kind of a pity to see new spam messages every single day I can't wait for XHBB, but until then, please consider adding some more defense. This is ruinning the quality of this forum IMO :/
jacek wrote:I know ! there is nothing I can do though.
There is a captcha required for registration, these spammers are either real people, or very clever bots.
Oh, damn Damn phpBB. I can't believe this system is so much used around the internet... this is just unbelievable. Anyways, we won't leave you even with the spam Don't stop working on XHBB though
Perhaps some more people should be moderators temporarily.
anyone interested in doing that ?
XHBB is getting close to being usable. There are now some basic moderator features, so hopefully we can move to that soon and everythign will be better. Except all of the broken things, they will be a lot worse !
Yeah there are tons of bots who can crack captcha's. Best choice is making a custom one (they would have to update their scripts, which is not worth it for one forum). Or using hidden forms: http://robmalon.com/hidden-form-fields- ... -bot-spam/
Linkjuice57 wrote:Yeah there are tons of bots who can crack captcha's. Best choice is making a custom one (they would have to update their scripts, which is not worth it for one forum). Or using hidden forms: http://robmalon.com/hidden-form-fields- ... -bot-spam/
Last one worked great for me
That makes sense, if the spam bots are designed for phpbb and I change the registration form in some way, they will stop working. Even renaming the input fields should do it.
The problem is, I didn't write phpbb, so even the smallest change takes about 4 hours !
I can't wait for XHBB, but until then, please consider adding some more defense. This is ruinning the quality of this forum IMO :/
Don't stop working on XHBB though 
Your call.
As far as I know that is the best one to use too, apparently it's not unbreakable though.
