Registration Temporarily Disabled
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Manny
Site Admin
Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:57 pm Posts: 506 Location: SoCal
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Registration Temporarily Disabled
There's been an onslaught of new user registrations by spammers. Those accounts have been deleted, along with any posts. New user registration is now temporarily disabled.
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Sun May 04, 2014 8:34 pm |
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rclere
Multiple Donor
Joined: Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:53 am Posts: 1518 Location: Seattle, WAq
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Re: Registration Temporarily Disabled
Manny, many thanks for all you do in keeping this wonderful forum up and running… You must find it frustrating dealing with these Bastardo Spammers…. I @#$%ing hate that crap! if it gets must worse perhaps there could be some kind of sign in to prevent this stuff? I am not very techie so I really do not know. at any rate, many thanks!
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Sun May 04, 2014 8:46 pm |
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Manny
Site Admin
Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:57 pm Posts: 506 Location: SoCal
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Re: Registration Temporarily Disabled
Thanks, but no worries. I figure I'd shut down registration for a short time, then open it back up though confirmation would be via my approval, then after a short while, put it back to user confirmation. Every now and then have to sabotage. Netherlands, 15th century, when the textile workers would throw their sabots into the machinery and clog up the works.
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Sun May 04, 2014 8:53 pm |
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flynlion
Artisan Contributor
Joined: Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:57 pm Posts: 537 Location: Rock Hill SC USA
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Re: Registration Temporarily Disabled
Thanks Manny, keep up the good work
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Sun May 04, 2014 8:56 pm |
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Robstafarian
Site Donor
Joined: Sun May 27, 2012 12:55 pm Posts: 2486 Location: Virginia, USA
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Re: Registration Temporarily Disabled
I am a member of two forums which require administrator approval, and it was not really an issue.
Thanks for keeping up the good fight, Manny. I should probably donate again, but I have just developed a cunning plan (more info to follow in a relevant thread).
Last edited by Robstafarian on Mon Feb 23, 2015 8:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Sun May 04, 2014 9:59 pm |
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Manny
Site Admin
Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:57 pm Posts: 506 Location: SoCal
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Re: Registration Temporarily Disabled
I've temporarily disabled registration in case it was being hit with a spambot. Though it looked like it was humans, mainly from Russia, Philippines, and Ukraines. I've IP blocked various blocks of IPs from Russia and Philippines, but not Ukraine since there are a couple of users here from there.
Just gotta take out the trash a little more often lately ...
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Sun May 04, 2014 10:15 pm |
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numbersix
Multiple Donor
Joined: Sat Sep 15, 2012 10:44 am Posts: 253 Location: Berkshire, UK
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Re: Registration Temporarily Disabled
Thanks Manny, for all your hard work, it's much appreciated -Marc-
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Mon May 05, 2014 12:01 am |
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Manny
Site Admin
Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:57 pm Posts: 506 Location: SoCal
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Re: Registration Temporarily Disabled
New user registration now enabled, though requires admin approval after IP check.
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Tue May 06, 2014 7:12 am |
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carvingcode
Multiple Donor
Joined: Thu Nov 21, 2013 5:53 am Posts: 768 Location: Dayton, Ohio
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Re: Registration Temporarily Disabled
I know how much of a pain it is to have to manually approve all registrations. Unfortunately, there isn't a programmatic scheme available that is not crackable.
Thanks for the extra, extra work, Manny.
You'll know when you hear it.
_________________ Randy Brown
Rosewood Alto #5764
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Tue May 06, 2014 9:37 am |
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Luc
Multiple Donor
Joined: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:59 am Posts: 2593 Location: Maine
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Re: Registration Temporarily Disabled
Robstafarian wrote: ...but I have just developed a cunning plan... Do we need to be afraid...? Which is worse, a cunning plan, or a punning clan? THANK YOU, MANNY!!!
_________________ Luc Bergeron #R6453 Railboard http://www.LucBergeronMusic.com http://www.facebook.com/LucBergeronMusic
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Tue May 06, 2014 9:52 am |
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