The Great Tree

[brian]

I've taken some further spam prevention efforts by following some instructions I found on slashdot:

"What worked for me was checking the registration e-mail addresses of these people and putting in bans for "*@mail.ru" and "*@*.info". On phpBB, you'll have to manually add these to your ban list table in the forum database. Given that a US board isn't likely to have legitimate users coming from Russia or with .info e-mail addresses (.info generally being the Internet equivalent of the sleazy parts of a big city), I don't think I'm really affecting potential new users. I haven't gotten any complaints or new spam users yet, so my technique seems to be working."

I've done that, so hopefully spam users will decrease (or be eliminated). PM me if there continue to be problems.

Thanks!
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[Professor Askew]

Thanks, Brian! That should cut down on my oh-so-busy schedule here!
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Professor Daniel Askew - Securing our reality from the machinations of the Station Masters.