Spam Cleaned Up

[Administrator]

Admin is now required to authorize new accounts.

I am not happy I had to implement this, but the spambots are out of control. Even with countermeasures in place.

[moallen]

Yes, require approval. I hate seeing it as much as you hate getting rid of it!

[Administrator]

We had the spam under control for a while, but lately it's out of control again.

I am thinking about requiring new members to be approved before they are allowed to post.

What is everybody'should thoughts on that? Cleaning up the forum is taking a considerable amount to of my time lately.

[mcmahonm]

Yes it is an ongoing battle, let me know if you some help

[Administrator]

As you can sometimes see, we are still being infiltrated by quite a bit of spam.

In conjunction with moderating these posts off the forum, I am looking at more security requirements upon registration. Walking a fine line between creating an environment that is too tough for normal users, yet deters continued spam posts.

Please be patient!

[mcmahonm]

I have also been banning the user accounts as well.

[Administrator]

Sorry about all of the spam. It should all be cleaned up now.

If you happen to come across a thread or post that you suspect is spam, please click the exclamation point at the top right of the post to report it.

I am banning these users by IP, so hopefully that will cut down on their ability to keep posting.

Happy camping!