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The last few days we've been flooded with spambots. Some of these post multiple threads as well. As a very drastic measure I've disabled member registration.

The other options this forum software offers (captions etcetera) don't seem to work. I hope we can find a way to fix the mailserver. That will allow some more options.

For now, if you know anyone who wants to become a member, let me know and I'll re-enable registration.

Sorry for the inconvenience (although chances are that if you're reading this, you're already registered).

You might want to add this info to the main page as well, Shabba

I understand your decision, shabba.

But that also means IMO that now we should act and not just talk concerning a new forum software/upgrade.

Yesterday I reenabled the registration. So far only 1 spambot registered, and failed to spam.

Ack! Bot-spam incoming.

So unrefined. So unsophisticated.

Someone should use their ironfist on some bots

Today the site has been flooded with spambot applications. I've disabled the registration again, for now.

shabba, dunno what your ASP skills are like but adding a 'stupid' question to the form like 'Are you human' yes/no usually fixes this as bots are programmed for the standard form .

Unfortunately my ASP skills are nonexistent.

After two weeks of open registration and two pages full of spambots I closed registration again. It's getting pretty annoying by now.

Unfortunately I'm not familiar with the .asp files, otherwise I could've added a checkbox "Check this if you're not a bot."

Can't you upgrade to, say, vBulletin? [tongue]