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Forum bots
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 1:17 pm
by Chilliwack
is there any way to stop forum bots here permanently? like, how do they target the forums. is one of the (possibly former?) players here spamming us with these bots? if so, is there an ip that theyre all from, or is it like a static ip so it can't be banned?
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 2:02 pm
by Zeraphin
Unrelated to DL. Just spammers.
They love phpbb. I'm banning their normal email domains to stop registration. Not an incredible amount I can do to stop them. I switched gamehavoc.com from phpbb to vbb to get rid of them. (Not a single bot registered since)
vbb costs $160 for a license though.
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:41 pm
by Chilliwack
so what... you shelled out 166?
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 10:12 pm
by Zeraphin
Actually, no. Members of gamehavoc.com donated the $160
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 11:45 pm
by weems
Zeraphin wrote:Actually, no. Members of gamehavoc.com donated the $160
Yes thats right, we rule.
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 12:58 pm
by Chilliwack
woo for devoted members
i wish people would donate $160 to me... i'd buy a pony
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:48 am
by Snowflayke
what Are forum bots?
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 1:31 pm
by Chilliwack
they're programs that come onto forums (such as this one), and spam random stuff. sometimes they use context from other posts to make their posts seem relevant, but they rarely, if ever, work, and it's good that they've been stopped/locked very quickly after seeing (yay zeraphin)
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 3:08 am
by Zidane
zeraphin is the man!!
i took the first letter of his name. and add dan in it. to make your truly
down with bots!!!
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 6:44 pm
by Chilliwack
when you said "dan" were you referring to celeborn? if so, its daan...
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 9:51 pm
by Kiasyn
he means thats how he made 'zidane'
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 12:49 am
by Chilliwack
ahh, i see
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 9:40 pm
by Zidane
kiasyn is right on the money
Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 4:12 pm
by Deliomir
I have them on my forums too... There are some things you can do about them, but it's not easy...
I'd have to look it up...