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You mean you don't know the answer to the example question I mentioned....? ( hint: https://www.google.com/search?&q=straight%2C+bi%2C+or )

Though I did read somewhere that these questions and answers should not be google-able... or that can be defeated by the bots....?

The old lady across the street from me can most certainly pick out the Capital letters. She can beat me at crossword puzzles too. Obviously, the goal is to keep spambots out WITHOUT keeping humans out. One question on my forum, for example: Complete this common phrase: "straight, bi, or _____.&...

Google Groups seems to operate quite a large number of "forums". Why do you suppose they have taken the opposite approach? Email notification is ON by default for every thread, for every user. Google seems to be doing ok. As long as it is easy to turn off --- by thread, or globally for the...

"You're the first one to complain." is never a valid argument... in any context. Only 1 out of 1000 people would take the time to bring it to anyone's attention. I'm ballsy. I'm always the first one to bring things to people's attention -- even if the problem has existed for years and no o...

Ok. Call me stupid if you like, but those links take me to a forum -- not to an answer to that question. The only way I would know that Rhea was the code name would be if I ALREADY knew that. I look at it now and I see it in the title of that forum, but to the person off the street, you must agree, ...

In my opinion, the user setting, "Notify me upon replies by default", should default to ON... for every user, by default. I have researched how to change that. And I have done so on all my forums. However, I think the default install of phpBB should come that way. The major discussion plat...

Wow. As I've been searching for a solution.... I've seen this topic come up many times, on various boards, over many years now... I am in the same boat. I have several low-volume boards, and I need an email alert every time there is a new post waiting for moderation. If the posts sit in the queue wa...

Do you guys realize that the spambot prevention question given when trying to Register for this forum --- and yes, there is only one question, one unavoidable question --- is the most obscure phpBB trivia question ever... And the "clue" given, is a broken link....? I had to google, and rea...