Spam PMs

[Andi]

I've started getting spam bots PM'ing me through this forum.
Phpbb is a bit of a target for this, I used to run a phpbb forum and suffered the same.

Admins, you might need to look at your registration challenges.

[pete]

Thank you Andi.

Yes it has been really bad lately with the spam. It comes and goes in waves.

A couple of years ago only solution that worked was not having any new members join the forum for a period of time.

Every day now we have 10 and up new spammers here.

[hawsey]

Yes Andi / Pete , it's a ban fest at the moment , hopefully it will calm down .

Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

[BuZz]

I just removed a user now - apologies for the Spam. Spam is just very high at the moment in general, but I will look at additional anti spam measures and see if I can put some limits on PMs.

[Andrew1971]

I also had a spam mail today


Briansak
Posts: 0
Joined: Sat Aug 31, 2019 6:50 pm
Contact: Contact Briansak

Test, just a test

Sent: Sat Aug 31, 2019 7:50 pm
From: Briansak
Recipient: Andrew1971
Hello. And Bye.

Admin please delete if this message if it's inappropiate.

[pete]

Hello Andrew1971,

From here I am unable to delete spam emails...just users generating spam which I have done.

best
pete

[Andrew1971]

Cheer's Pete
Thank You. Your a star.
Andrew

[pete]

It has been Hawsey too and I doing this stuff. Sometimes it worse than other times but cleaning up occurs every day now. I do not understand why so much spam?

[BuZz]

I need to update the forum and add some more countermeasures - Hopefully in the next week or two.