BetterDeadThanZed Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 The DayzLauncher forums are overrun with spammers trying to sell me sneakers and handbags. I've posted on the forums there but no one seems to know where Maca is. He hasn't been on the DayzLauncher forum for 2 months. Has anyone heard anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunatikCH Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 The last i heard is that he have some health problems, more i dont know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cen Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 He had surgery not too long ago, so he's been laying low. His account here is dayzlauncher, he posts from time to time, mostly when provoked :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl101 Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 He posted in a thread just yesterday or day before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetterDeadThanZed Posted October 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Strange that he wouldn't post in his own forum. He hasn't logged in there for 2 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGT Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 boxman80, carl101, Chewie and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZENITHOVMAN Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Get well soon Macca :wub: jackal40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayzlauncher Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Hey Guys, honestly the forum software is shit... Im looking into other solutions at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetterDeadThanZed Posted October 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Hey Guys, honestly the forum software is shit... Im looking into other solutions at the moment I use phpbb3 for my forums. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayzlauncher Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 I've cleaned up the users abit, if you have any suggestions for antispam, im all ears :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetterDeadThanZed Posted October 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 I've cleaned up the users abit, if you have any suggestions for antispam, im all ears :) Does the forum software have the option to require validation before a new user can post? I've got that on phpbb3 and validate everyone that joins by searching their email address in google. The known spammers show up in google results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oSoDirty Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Does the forum software have the option to require validation before a new user can post? I've got that on phpbb3 and validate everyone that joins by searching their email address in google. The known spammers show up in google results. Exactly what i had to do, same exact adds on my website as well. i Delete 20+ spam account attempts a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGT Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 This YarwoodUK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetterDeadThanZed Posted October 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 What happened to the forum link at http://dayzlauncher.com? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayzlauncher Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 What happened to the forum link at http://dayzlauncher.com? Removed it temporarily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axeman Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Managing a forum is a hell of a job, the spammers are relentless. Get well soon M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flosstradamus Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 On my forums I used a custom question/answer like What game does this server host? and the answer was epoch. It stopped 100% of my bots spamming my forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequisha Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 I've cleaned up the users abit, if you have any suggestions for antispam, im all ears :) Pay-per-post sounds like a suitable solution. You'd be raking in the dough bro. MGT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayzlauncher Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Pay-per-post sounds like a suitable solution. You'd be raking in the dough bro. you guys are so funny :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flosstradamus Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Pay-per-post sounds like a suitable solution. You'd be raking in the dough bro. That's actually not a bad idea. At least it would weed out more than half the trolls/spam bots :P dayzlauncher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Try out MyBB, I personally love it, and it's free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flosstradamus Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Try out MyBB, I personally love it, and it's free. Its not really the forum software that prevents bots. It's how you setup that allows them to register. You can assign a certain # of posts are to be needed, captchas(advanced ones), question/answer combos, moderators that only monitor the forum and delete them as quickly as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defent Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Questions are often the best way to stop spam bots. Like "what is hcope backwards?". Flosstradamus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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