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For you to give feedback to the Heartland moderators. Wish lists, fault reports, etc. You may get an answer, you may not. As in all things, it largely depends on how nicely you ask the people in charge... You're welcome.
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Izzy HaveMercy
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Makes one wonder where the other 88 are then... there are only so much emo-goth related fora, no? ;)

I guess it's the Phenteremine luring them here ;)

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Petseri
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They, at least most of them, had been banned already, just not purged from the system yet. I think that they ae using Mark's birthday to register. :innocent:

Thanks for keeping an eye open. :notworthy:
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Izzy HaveMercy
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Petseri wrote:I think that they are using Mark's birthday to register. :innocent:
Cunning :von:... PhP scripts don't recognise pre-1900 dates ;D

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a lot of drugs out there in the GD-Forum :roll:
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Add This Gobshite to the list.
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And FreePornMovies as well! :evil:

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Izzy HaveMercy wrote:And FreePornMovies as well! :evil:

IZ.
Rest assured, many (like this one) have been banned almost immediately. The database simply has not purged them yet. Keep lettijg us know if we miss any. :notworthy:
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Petseri wrote:
Izzy HaveMercy wrote:And FreePornMovies as well! :evil:

IZ.
Rest assured, many (like this one) have been banned almost immediately. The database simply has not purged them yet. Keep lettijg us know if we miss any. :notworthy:
and the links were too complicated for me ;D

when I want porn, I want it Now! not after wading thru pages of links 8)
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mh wrote:Add This Gobshite to the list.
Bugger, if we're banning gobshites now, a few people round here better watch out... :innocent:
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Izzy HaveMercy
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Petseri wrote:
Izzy HaveMercy wrote:And FreePornMovies as well! :evil:

IZ.
Rest assured, many (like this one) have been banned almost immediately. The database simply has not purged them yet. Keep lettijg us know if we miss any. :notworthy:
Yes, sometimes it might seem us Spam Police seem a bit too fond of our jobs, eh? ;) But better alert you twice than no alert at all, I guess ;D

Good job you're doing!

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Izzy HaveMercy wrote:Yes, sometimes it might seem us Spam Police seem a bit too fond of our jobs, eh? ;) But better alert you twice than no alert at all, I guess ;D
Too fond? No way. :notworthy:
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They've all been banned ;D
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Petseri
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We were fine for a while, but we are back to the point where I check for spammers as the first piece of business when I log on. :urff:
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Izzy HaveMercy
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Izzy HaveMercy wrote:
Big Si wrote:When you join a yahoogroup, for instance you get this message -

Word Verification

Enter the word as it is shown in the box below. This step helps Yahoo! prevent automated registrations.

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Would adding this to the registration function help at all? :?
From PhPbbHacks, I found THIS...

It seems to be what Simon said (:twisted:), especially made for PhP forums.

Maybe people who are more adept in the use of PhP can look at it, I ain't got a clue...

IZ.

Considered this already? :?:

Or is it not do-able or wouldn't it work against these spambots or something?

(not really a Net Wiz myself :|)

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As Heartland got mentioned on a booklet of the re-releases, this problem will probably grow with the popularity of the forum. May be a good idea to sort it out before General Chat is flooded with Porn&Pill advertisements?

Edit:http://www.myheartland.co.uk/profile.ph ... ile&u=2524
c**t at work..
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Banned. Thanks for the vigilance.
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Arff, arff!
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I got a couple more.

Anyway...
Izzy HaveMercy wrote:
Izzy HaveMercy wrote:
Big Si wrote:When you join a yahoogroup, for instance you get this message -

Word Verification

Enter the word as it is shown in the box below. This step helps Yahoo! prevent automated registrations.

Image

Would adding this to the registration function help at all? :?
From PhPbbHacks, I found THIS...

It seems to be what Simon said (:twisted:), especially made for PhP forums.

Maybe people who are more adept in the use of PhP can look at it, I ain't got a clue...

IZ.

Considered this already? :?:

Or is it not do-able or wouldn't it work against these spambots or something?

(not really a Net Wiz myself :|)

IZ.
This has already been implemented. It slowed them down for a while, now they're back with a vengeance. :|
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eotunun wrote:As Heartland got mentioned on a booklet of the re-releases, this problem will probably grow with the popularity of the forum. May be a good idea to sort it out before General Chat is flooded with Porn&Pill advertisements?
Change the name of the forum and replace all 'The Sisters of Mercy' with 'For Greater Good' in the HL database! ;D

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