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hmmm... Another thing: opening the php and html files in notepad gives me a jumble of lines with little squares as enters... Kinda annoying. Is there some better way to edit these files? with a simple freeware program preferably?
There are lots of them. I'm partial to AceHTML Freeware: http ...

You're welcome. Hope it helps.

The install file says it was designed for 3.0.2. I don't know whether it would work on 3.0.1 but I probably wouldn't do it myself.

I know this is very basic stuff..... but

By removing the forum link to register, would this help?

Or changing the file name of the registeration page, would this help?

I'm thinking of removing the 'to register' link, and having a link to a cgi questionnaire form. Would this stop the spammers? I ...

FWIW, it's been nearly two days now since I installed Prime Anti-bot MOD and this is the first time in a long time that I've gone this long with no spam at all.

Flush your cookies.
I've already cleared the cookies, history and about everything else. I try to log on and it keeps bringing me back to the login. Then maybe 15 minutes later I go to login and I am logged in and all is fine. I leave and the next time the problem is back. STRANGE to say the least ...

I installed Prime Anti-bot MOD last night. Normally, I would have had to delete a bunch of spambot "guest" postings this morning. However, I've seen only legitimate postings since installing it.

(And I made my CAPTCHAs easier to read, setting them to 20. They were a little too hard to read at 9 ...

For various reasons, we allow guest posting on our board. I've enabled visual confirmation for guest postings but they're getting through anyway.

Here are the CAPTCHA settings I'm using right now:

Enable visual confirmation for guest postings = Yes
GD CAPTCHA = Yes
GD CAPTCHA foreground noise ...

Yes, all seems to be well now.

Thanks. That's something that wasn't clear to me before.