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LillitOfBa'el · Streetrat Joined: 05 Apr 2016 Posts: 34

Hey guys - there seems to be a whole new crap-ton of spambots loose on this board. Shocked

imekitty · Sultan Joined: 07 Oct 2015 Posts: 283

It's normal, but it's not usually this bad!

LillitOfBa'el · Streetrat Joined: 05 Apr 2016 Posts: 34

Who is usually in charge of getting rid of them?

imekitty · Sultan Joined: 07 Oct 2015 Posts: 283

AladdinsGenie usually does, but she is not as active as she used to be. The other admin hasn't been around in a long time.

So...yeah, we're stuck with this until she clears it all up. I think it's because she allowed users with Gmail addresses to sign up again (for me and Fez_Head), and that apparently leads to spam accounts being created.

Fez_Head · Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 12:03 pm Post subject:

This spam is pretty annoying (and I was able to use my hotmail address to sign up for this board, but I know gmail had some issues), but imekitty is right. There isn't much we can do since only admins can clear it up. I can send a private message to AladdinsGenie and see if she can read it.
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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 12:30 am Post subject:

Yeah sorry! I try to check in every few days and they just so happen to pick the period of time I was away Laughing

I have it mostly under control now. I stopped any registration from gmail and hotmail, which I really didn't wanna do since so many people have those admin addresses, but it'll be temporary until we get the forum in order.

Most of the posts have been deleted save for those in the misc section because it's not letting me do it for some reason, so I'm working on that and getting rid of the 560+ bots who registered Shocked

LillitOfBa'el · Streetrat Joined: 05 Apr 2016 Posts: 34

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 7:24 pm Post subject:

It's all under control now. It was giving me a million errors, but I found workarounds.

And yeah, it's quiet these days. We haven't exactly had new material Laughing

Fez_Head · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 9:52 pm Post subject:

I know that I already wrote this in my second private message to you AladdinsGenie, but thanks a million for getting rid of all of those spam bots. There were so many of them. Shocked

It was even pretty quiet with the bluray release back in October. I thought there would have been more people on here for that, but I guess not.
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imekitty · Sultan Joined: 07 Oct 2015 Posts: 283

Did you accidentally delete Kei's "Ask Genie" thread in Fan Works?

Thanks from me, too! It's a shame about Gmail because that seems to be the most common e-mail domain nowadays. Everyone I know uses it.

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 7:16 pm Post subject:

..............................................did I? God, it's entirely possible because I thought they had more notes next to their name. I'm completely sorry. Embarassed

LillitOfBa'el · Streetrat Joined: 05 Apr 2016 Posts: 34

imekitty · Sultan Joined: 07 Oct 2015 Posts: 283

Your other thread introducing Lillit is gone, too. Do repost them because I liked them!

LillitOfBa'el · Streetrat Joined: 05 Apr 2016 Posts: 34

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 6:26 pm Post subject:

Gosh, I really should have paid attention a lot closer Embarassed