Due to the increase in spammers creating accounts on this forum solely with the purpose of promoting their own websites I have created a policy where any new member with a suspicious looking website (ie porn, sales, and regular spammy stuff) will be deleted. Also those with suspicious looking names (ie beginning with numbers or punctuation marks) will also be examined and deleted if deemed to be spammers.
If a genuine member is deleted by mistake please email me and the account will be re-activated.
Last edited by Lev on Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:04 am, edited 2 times in total.
I might be a bit confused, but isn't the .ru extension from any web account created in Russia? I would hate to think that you are deleting an entire nation's posts.
Lev wrote:Any user registering with an email or website with the .ru suffix will also be deleted. We do not tolerate spammers on this forum.
.ru email accounts are banned. Do not register with a .ru email account.
As the guy from .ru area I know this problem like no other I have phpBB forum at one of my websites in .ru domain and I should tell you that problem was completely solved when my programmer updated verification code for new users registrations. As a rule, spam submissions are automated and all you need to avoid them is to update protection time of the time. I am not a technical guru but I can ask my programmer for details if you need.
Thanks for the offer however its not necessary, our programmers recoded the software to eliminate spambots and URL posting until members have posted ten times and been active for over seven days.
I have phpBB forum at one of my websites in .ru domain and I should tell you that problem was completely solved when my programmer updated verification code for new users registrations. As a rule, spam submissions are automated and all you need to avoid them is to update protection time of the time. I am not a technical guru but I can ask my programmer for details if you need.