Modified Registration

[Erik L (OP)]

I've modified the registration page slightly. This should not affect any current users. The page now asks for a human knowledge response. This should cut down on the number of spam accounts I need to delete.

[Steve Walmsley]

I noticed we lost over a hundred accounts. Are these the ones that never logged in?

Steve

[Erik L (OP)]

I noticed we lost over a hundred accounts. Are these the ones that never logged in?

Steve

Actually, no. The people who never logged in are in a group called "Inactive Members". The member count won't show a person until they've made one post.

In addition, you have to log in to view the memberlist and profiles now also.

On a side note, spambot applications have dropped considerably. I was deleting 2-3 accounts/day. Since the change, not one spambot has successfully applied.

[Erik L (OP)]

One of the changes made in this cycle was something to eat automated posts. It is supposed to cancel any posts that take under 15 seconds to make. However, it seems to also be eating posts that take more than a couple minutes to create. So for any long posts, I recommend copying the text prior to hitting submit, or writing it outside of the board (in Notepad or the like) until I resolve this.

Since automated posts were never a problem, I may just exise this modification from the board.

[Erik L (OP)]

One of the changes made in this cycle was something to eat automated posts. It is supposed to cancel any posts that take under 15 seconds to make. However, it seems to also be eating posts that take more than a couple minutes to create. So for any long posts, I recommend copying the text prior to hitting submit, or writing it outside of the board (in Notepad or the like) until I resolve this.

Since automated posts were never a problem, I may just exise this modification from the board.

I've changed the mod on this. You now have 6000 seconds to make a post. Let me know if there is any continued problems.