Guest Posting Banned - Printable Version +- Melbourne Chat (http://www.melbournechat.org) +-- Forum: Melb Chat (http://www.melbournechat.org/forum-3.html) +--- Forum: Site News and Updates (http://www.melbournechat.org/forum-6.html) +--- Thread: Guest Posting Banned (/thread-1915.html) |
Guest Posting Banned - glen - 02-10-2008 Hi guys, I have had a particularly annoying spammer attacking the site today. I hope that this person does burn in the fiery depths of hell. Also, I hope their crap websites also burn in internet hell. Due to the spammer, I have had to temporarily ban non-members (or "guests") from posting in the forum. Hopefully this person will reach the fate that awaits them sooner rather than later. Did I mention fiery depths of hell? oh yeah. I hope they get to their destination very soon! Then we can put things back to normal. And thank you for your patience. If you see any new links posted then probably best to not click on them! Cheers, Glen Guest Posting Banned - glen - 05-10-2008 UPDATE: I turned Guest posting back on today. The forum software was updated to allow for the recent surge in spambots. However, the new implementation is not perfect and further updates will be made in the next day or so. If you are a guest, you will unfortunately be given the choice of entering the CAPTCHA image in two boxes. However use the one on the right! Ignore the one on the left. And then everything should work fine. See image below for explanation. Cheers, Glen Guest Posting Banned - glen - 10-10-2008 I am turning guest posting OFF again temporarily. We got another very bad spammer attack last night and I am still trying to work out how to prevent this from happening again. Thanks for you patience Cheers, Glen Guest Posting Banned - POWERZONE - 15-10-2008 Talking of putting the "hammer on the spammer" Authorities shut down global spam ring Quote:Authorities believe they have shut down one of the largest spam operations in the world which was being run out of Australia, New Zealand and the United States. [url="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/15/2392267.htm?section=justin"]http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/15/2392267.htm?section=justin[/url] Guest Posting Banned - glen - 16-10-2008 Hooray! That is one less scum bag to worry about! <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> throw them in jail and disconnect their email please!!! <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' /> |