Date: 11-7-06 10:59 From: _z_ in Langlois, Oregon Subject: Guest Posters Readme! - Anti-Spam Mod Added
Guest Posters or users not logged in must affirm that they are actual human beings in order to post a message.
Look for
Select Yes if you are an actual person
right below the Subject of your post and select 'YES'.
No big deal right? But the spam bots won't know to choose YES since they run on scripts with known parameters (they never actually see the page, they just submit information directly -- and i've got a dirty little trick in there that should keep them from ever being able to guess the parameter name. muhahahahaaa).
Please let me know if there are any errors or troubles posting due to this fix.
admin at newbabynews dot net (or use the email button)
Oh: there is one possible scenario that could cause an error. If you start writing a Guest post before midnight server time and hit submit after midnight server time it might claim that you didn't choose YES. If that happens just choose YES again and it should go in. Shouldn't happen very often, but just so you know.
cheers
-Zachary in Langlois
Last edited by _z_ on 11-7-06 12:35; edited 1 time in total
Date: 11-7-06 12:25 From: visionaut in Denver, Colorado Subject: Re: Guest Posters Readme! - Anti-Spam Mod Added
Date: 11-7-06 05:03 From: _z_ in Langlois, Oregon Subject: Re: Guest Posters Readme! - Anti-Spam Mod Added
no problemo
man the spammers of this world piss me off.
Date: 11-7-06 06:13 From: Biscuit3 in Sydney, Australia Subject: Re: Guest Posters Readme! - Anti-Spam Mod Added
Hopefully this will eliminate that dumbass "Me" mystery poster as well. I'm willing to kick his ass and then eat chocolate/mint cookies after. _________________ "It's what you feel, not what you ought to. Reasonable and sensible."
Date: 11-8-06 01:07 From: _z_ in Langlois, Oregon Subject: Re: Guest Posters Readme! - Anti-Spam Mod Added
All this does is confound the generic automatic posting tools these dumbasses use.
Date: 11-8-06 05:18 From: skipsfcr in Wye Mountain, Arkansas Subject: Re: Guest Posters Readme! - Anti-Spam Mod Added
Kickass! I'd like to take all the spammers, spyware pushers, and virus generators and dunk them in boiling oil. Thanks! _________________ Not paying IS stealing.
Budweiser...It's not just for breakfast anymore.
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Date: 11-10-06 07:57 From: RandyMolson in State College, PA Subject: Re: Guest Posters Readme! - Anti-Spam Mod Added
Thumbs up Zak. _________________ 67 Caribe 1600
76 Ceylon 2002
Date: 11-13-06 11:06 From: _z_ in Langlois, Oregon Subject: ya i'm pretty stoked.. a few lines of code here and there
and BAM!
no more spammers!
nothing like doing something that actually seems to work
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