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daveb47

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I am trying a different way of registering,As well as Captcha,we have a simple question and answer.

Also new members will no longer have to be validated by staff,but all their posts will need to be validated until they have made 5 posts.

This should hopefully stop spam.

 

Also Board is now totally backed up every 6 hours to a seperate server,so if ever there are any problems we are can only lose maximum of 6 hours content.

Hopefully will never be needed but.....

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no problem when l am on the PC but various problems with V5 on the phone. Bit of a git cos l mostly use the phone these days. Particularly annoying as l didnt make any of the changes. I have been 'upgraded' on my own forum and cant even start a new thread cos the phone wont bring up the keyboard to write text. Its fine on phpBB3 on the other forums. I run Opera mini and its a Nokia C3 on O2

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You do know that we are running IPB not vb Fred.

You do know that we are running IPB not vb Fred.

I thought you said it was going on V Buletin? All the same, is there some reason the forum skids about all over the place now? seriously its hard to stop theveiw where I want it. Wheel cyl gone?

Oh it seems the edit is OK now...

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What's the difference between "members" and "full members", dave?

 

 

Simply that all newly registered members are "New Members & all their posts have to be approved by staff before they are visible to everyone.

After 5 approved posts they become "Full Members" with no restrictions.

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Any value in sacking off the huge number of registered members with strange usernames and no posts to their name, Dave? Looks like a large amount have signed up in the last few months with names like 0272vy*8cj or whatever, pretty sure they're just going to be spam to be honest.

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Just letting things settle at moment,if they havnt posted in a few weeks they will be toast.

Gives them time to post if they are genuine however unlikely.

If their first post is spam they get deleted anyway,it doesnt appear on forum except to staff who can decide if its spam or not.

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Simply that all newly registered members are "New Members & all their posts have to be approved by staff before they are visible to everyone.

After 5 approved posts they become "Full Members" with no restrictions.

 

Ahh, that explains it. Although I've just seen a "Full Member" with only 2 posts...

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The new system to trap spammers is working a treat. I managed to bin one before and hopefully it never made the front page, nice one Dave,

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