NEW USERS, registration approval

NEW USERS, registration approval

Postby Keith » Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:02 pm

Unfortunately we are again under attack by SPAM-bots, linking to porn and "free software" sites. I hope no one is dumb enough to follow such suspicious links in the first place, but as I have personally deleted two in the last two hours and I know other admin have also dumped some, for the time being registration will go back to being manually approved until we have time to check for updates etc.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused to genuine new members.
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Re: NEW USERS, registration approval

Postby Keith » Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:17 pm

Less than fifteen minutes until the next SpamBot attempt. :cry: Looks like we're going to be busy.
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Re: NEW USERS, registration approval

Postby CASS » Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:22 pm

Keith wrote:Less than fifteen minutes until the next SpamBot attempt. :cry: Looks like we're going to be busy.

I noticed first one around 04.30 this morning Cheap flights down under with link.
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Re: NEW USERS, registration approval

Postby Gnasher » Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:30 pm

keith, I wrapped a question in a PM around too much techie crap so you might have missed it. What version of phpbb are you running? it should tell you in the admin panel. Then I can go digging.
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Re: NEW USERS, registration approval

Postby Mark S » Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:33 pm

3.0.1
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Re: NEW USERS, registration approval

Postby Gnasher » Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:37 pm

Oh dear, phpbb's support site is down due to spam attacks.

3.0.4 is the latest version but there's some info below which might help configure the registration page.

http://phpbbcom.phpbbservice.nl/kb/arti ... -tool.html
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