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Is there still a sign up verification question? If I recall it was something quite easy to guess, or Google. Perhaps something a bit more inscrutable, like something only a MOTU user would know.
EDIT- I just now tried a login in a private window and I see CAPTCHA is enabled, so I guess not. CAPTCHA doesn't seem to work too well! Perhaps a Black Magic spell for Astrologers would do the trick!
cuttime wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 12:48 pmEDIT- I just now tried a login in a private window and I see CAPTCHA is enabled, so I guess not. CAPTCHA doesn't seem to work too well!
I just changed the settings to use a trickier CAPTCHA. If that doesn't cut back on the spam, there is an option to use Google ReCAPTCHA which is pretty good. It'll just take more time to configure.
cuttime wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 12:48 pmEDIT- I just now tried a login in a private window and I see CAPTCHA is enabled, so I guess not. CAPTCHA doesn't seem to work too well!
I just changed the settings to use a trickier CAPTCHA. If that doesn't cut back on the spam, there is an option to use Google ReCAPTCHA which is pretty good. It'll just take more time to configure.
Clearly that didn’t help. The General Recording and Macintosh forums are still being inundated. I’m so sorry you have to deal with this James! In general is it helpful for you if we tag spam posts? Or is that just more noise for you?
It actually doesn’t help if you notify me. I just removed the ones you were talking about. It was all one individual so it was just one operation for me and it’s gone. You can’t necessarily tell that it didn’t help, because often times the spammers sign up for an account but don’t immediately spam. Sometimes they wait a day or so, so they may have signed up before I implemented the newer CAPTCHA. So I’ll wait and see. If I switch to the Google CAPTCHA it will probably take care of it but I’m waiting to see if I need to.
I also lined up someone to take a look at the mail issue for me. Hoping it’s not too expensive.
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The site says they offer spam protection for forums too.
I have no affiliation with them - just a satisfied customer (so far...).