you really don't want to get furns angry
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you really don't want to get furns angry
Maybe I do...Quote:
Originally Posted by boz-monaut
Haha
We can't troll the spammers? 😔Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
I don't think you understand how robots work - they don't understand trolling
Mate, you've obviously never seen Bicentennial Man. Their feelings will be hurt when they read this.
Is there a better captcha we can use?
Also, there's a ****load of posts by one particular bot up in the main foz... and I can't report them all. 60s between reports, got annoyed after one.
It's already been banned. Have removed the posts I could find - let me know any threads that I missed.
Lol some bizarre translations among that bot.Quote:
Originally Posted by furns
Also howcome Mfks has been banned for?
[QUOTE=Superdylan;127878
Also howcome Mfks has been banned for?[/QUOTE]
wore a knights cap
Ok, I'm not sure it's really a foz issue but somebody a bit more tech savvy may be able to explain it.
When I try to access the foz (and I've only had this issue with the forum) on my iPhone/Mac (Apple slave) it just doesn't load and times out. I'll try another website straight away and it works, back to foz, times out.
It seems to only affect one network at a time though.
So i have 2 wifi networks I connect with and my phone data, and occassionally or once a week, one of them won't let me access the foz for a few days. So my wifi in sydney will block access on my phone (and about 50% of the time, my laptop) and I'll try to use my phones data and it works. And vice versa, sometimes the phone data doesn't work, and I need to connect to my wifi and it works perfectly. And as I said when it happens it generally lasts a few days.
Any suggestions why this happens?
Dunno if it is a foz issue or just the shitty mobile skin... but whenever I try and read it on my phone, all quoted text is dark gray text on black background meaning it's almost unreadable.
Is this another limitation of the mobile skin? If so, has someone in vBulletin land created a free to use better mobile skin we could install?
What other steps can be made to stop the influx of spam bots? Is captcha + email authentication what is being used right now?
Yes
The only way to stop it is probably to go back to the questions rather than captcha
Why did it change from "Who scored the winning goal in the GF?" with the correct answer being Griff?Quote:
Originally Posted by furns
Can't we use something like admin approval?
this sounds like a good suggestion
I might have a look into options when I get on an actual computer, there's only so much we admins can do on our mobiles whilst shitting
i just turned the questions back on as i've deleted about 10 threads and users today,
also banned russian domains from registering, lets see how it goes ay
if you did all that while taking a shit then I'm seriously impressed
Anyone else been getting "Database Errors"??? Or is it just me?
I am too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bon
Quick! Back up the World Cup Diary!
I was getting it, thought I may need to do some work today, but that crisis seems to have been resolved.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bon
I got them this morning. Figured it was a good sign and the world suggesting that coming here is bad for me.
Might give the foz the flick.
Yeah, it all seems to have cleared up now..
Back to your beers, sammydog..
Must be my lucky day.
Avoided logging in to the foz and got some work done this morning. Now the foz is back running good all good.
Stop work now
5 5 5
Not yet, taking the little fella for a surf first. Then maybe beers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bon
I am Having ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT problem in my PC.
Is it for all browsers?
And on a specific internet connection?
Here’s the mail I got recently
Hello,
Thank you for the updated status of the issue. Let us try the best we can to resolve your issue.
We understand that you are getting an error message (This webpage is not available) when you try to access website. We also noted that this issue also persists with other internet browsers.
Share this information to assist you further.
--Have you installed a new application (firewall or antivirus) on your computer?
If you use a proxy server, check your proxy settings or contact your network administrator to make sure the proxy server is working. If you don’t believe you should be using a proxy server, adjust your proxy settings: Go to the Chrome menu > Settings > + Show advanced settings > Change proxy settings… > LAN Settings and deselect the “Use a proxy server for your LAN” checkbox.
ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT – Solutions Encyclopedia
Is it your home pc? If so try to access the website via your phone via a different internet connection (ie not your home connection if that's where you are experiencing issues)
Trying to put up the preview this week and it's saying the "file is too large to process".
It's no longer than other weeks. I even shortened it and still had the issue. Any idea why this is happening?
We are currently out of server space
I will need to get in the backend over the next few days and see what I can do to clear out some files, or else I might have to increase our usage plan to give us more space
Can't you just prune anything pre-2013? There's stuff going back to 2012 that I can't see being still valid.
Unless it's some other sort of space you are talking about.
Just keep the Member's World Cup Diary
thisQuote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
have checked into things, and the foz aint taking up that much space. Turns out that a stats program in cpanel was just sitting there growing and growing files. So ive cleared the files up and the server now has space again.
why are we getting so much spam lately?
i think the bots are getting aware of branko culina again
The one that put up the essay even had correct punctuation. That was a deadset giveaway.Quote:
Originally Posted by q-money
I switched the registration process from the q&a verification process to a reCaptcha program. It appears the spammers have decided to gain access anyway.