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And I wish I understood the conversation between Posts and Kellanved :/

It didn't come it till 3.0.4 and I have 3.0.2 - and can't upgrade at the moment because of the current issue. :/
what current issue? phpbb 3.0.4 currently has no known security flaws. time to upgrade. ;)

I mean whether I use the phpBB update or whether I use my web host's script installer, the ...

Acyd Burn wrote:ACP -> Post Settings -> Enable queued posts

It didn't come it till 3.0.4 and I have 3.0.2 - and can't upgrade at the moment because of the current issue. :/

But thanks




Polly

For now your best defence against them is setting your board up that every first post has to be approved by a moderator (the same thing we do here), as you will recognize most (if not all) spammers on their first post


Thank you Erik, that is extremely helpful

...if I can work out how ...

Hey, just wondering if you guys had any updates on how the revival is coming along?
The only update I can give is that various team member are working around the clock on various tasks. I'm sorry, but much further into detail I can't go right now.

@Pollik:
We are aware that some spam bots seem to ...

Also, you will always have human spammers. IIRC, no non-human bot has broken the captcha.

I accept that. However, the timing is suspicious - months of operation without observable spammers followed by a small flood (on two entirely separate forums) starting on 2 February, the date of the post I ...

" It is important to stress that no vulnerabilities have been found in the phpBB software itself."

http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=29973

I am not wholly convinced.

Since that post was made, I have had half a dozen applications to join my board that are prima facie spam - somehow ...