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Pelles C => General discussions => Topic started by: MrBcx on November 10, 2006, 12:19:31 PM

Title: Pelles C Imposes Zero Tolerance On Spammers
Post by: MrBcx on November 10, 2006, 12:19:31 PM
Well, I can dream can't I?

Seriously ...

Pelle, I strongly suggest that only REGISTERED USERS be allowed to
post messages.  That way, you know who to BAN when they post crap.

Thanks for considering!
Title: Pelles C Imposes Zero Tolerance On Spammers
Post by: tbohon on November 10, 2006, 04:49:43 PM
I would concur - logging in and seeing new posts in the various forums is great, finding that they're all 'Shakira' movies or other junk is a huge annoyance at best.  Realizing that you'll never keep them all out, perhaps only allowing registered users to post would be a good start.

While we're on the subject, can someone go in and remove the obvious spam messages?  I'd hate for a kid to come to the forum for assistance and be subjected to the nonsense messages.

Tom
Title: Pelles C Imposes Zero Tolerance On Spammers
Post by: DMac on November 11, 2006, 01:53:05 AM
I visit this forum often and I have noticed that Pelle has not posted a reply for several weeks.  In the past these junk posts would be removed almost as soon as they were posted by Pelle himself I suppose.

I hope Pelle is well and has simply taken a vacation or something.  It does seem like a tremendous amount of work to administer this growing community, maintan the development environment, and answer forum questions in ones spare time.

I see that Frankie and others have stepped up to the plate and fielded a lot of questions and even resolved some technical issues.

Perhaps when he gets back Pelle might consider dividing up the burden of administering this site by choosing a team of vollunteers that would take charge of the board on a rotating basis.
Title: Where's Pelle?
Post by: Robert on November 11, 2006, 09:13:16 AM
I have been wondering about Pelle for some time now. His last post was on September 17.

It would be good to share the moderator's tasks and help cut down on the spam which has gotten out of hand.

Robert Wishlaw
Title: Pelles C Imposes Zero Tolerance On Spammers
Post by: frankie on November 11, 2006, 11:45:45 AM
I don't know what Pelle is doing, I sent a personal mail to him a week ago to ask if he is doing well. Up to now I get no answer. I hope he is just busy with work.
All the best.
Title: Pelles C Imposes Zero Tolerance On Spammers
Post by: Gerome on November 11, 2006, 07:43:15 PM
Hello,

I sometimes have junks onto my forum, it's because of phpBB configuration system, even if you authorize ONLY registered users to post, those fucking BOTS have a system to bypass the phpBB protection system :(

The only way is naming a second Admin to this forum that will often come to kill those bots.
Title: Pelles C Imposes Zero Tolerance On Spammers
Post by: Fred_Pyo on November 18, 2006, 03:54:12 AM
Quote from: "Gerome"
The only way is naming a second Admin to this forum that will often come to kill those bots.


Yes, definitively it would be great for the community && for Pelle if moderators were designated, cleaner forums for us, and Pelle doesn't have to worry about a thing!

We just need for Pelle to trust in one of us :D .

Quote from: "Gerome"
I sometimes have junks onto my forum, it's because of phpBB configuration system, even if you authorize ONLY registered users to post, those fucking BOTS have a system to bypass the phpBB protection system


This happens even with updated versions of PHPBB? What a bummer  :? .
Title: Pelles C Imposes Zero Tolerance On Spammers
Post by: MrBcx on November 22, 2006, 11:37:10 PM
Quote from: "frankie"
I don't know what Pelle is doing, I sent a personal mail to him a week ago to ask if he is doing well. Up to now I get no answer. I hope he is just busy with work.
All the best.


Pelle wrote me to say he is alive and well and says

"AMD64 and 64-bit Windows is much more interesting at the moment."
Title: Pelles C Imposes Zero Tolerance On Spammers
Post by: Stefan Pendl on November 23, 2006, 02:03:06 AM
Quote from: "MrBcx"
Pelle wrote me to say he is alive and well and says

"AMD64 and 64-bit Windows is much more interesting at the moment."

I am eagerly awaiting a version of Pelles C to compile a DLL for x64, I don't like to use something else than Pelles C.
Title: Pelles C Imposes Zero Tolerance On Spammers
Post by: CLR on November 28, 2006, 01:55:34 AM
Oh no! This forum has died. It was great while it lasted; though  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:
Title: Pelles C Imposes Zero Tolerance On Spammers
Post by: frankie on November 29, 2006, 10:25:55 AM
The forum is still alive while we use it :wink:
I agree that it would be much better without al that spam, and Pelle made enough cleaning last days.
He wrote me speaking about a lot of fun working with AMD 64 :mrgreen:
Maybe a 64 bit version in progress??? :mrgreen:
Title: Pelles C Imposes Zero Tolerance On Spammers
Post by: Gerome on November 29, 2006, 01:26:47 PM
Hello,

Quote from: "frankie"
The forum is still alive while we use it :wink:
I agree that it would be much better without al that spam, and Pelle made enough cleaning last days.
He wrote me speaking about a lot of fun working with AMD 64 :mrgreen:
Maybe a 64 bit version in progress??? :mrgreen:


LCC Win64 is sooner on the run, we hope PellesC will do the same :)
Title: Re: Pelles C Imposes Zero Tolerance On Spammers
Post by: MrBcx on November 30, 2006, 04:40:57 AM
Pelle made me a moderator of this forum.  

I volunteered to help by deleting spam postings several times a week.  

I hope this will help.

Best Regards,
-= MrBcx =-
Title: Pelles C Imposes Zero Tolerance On Spammers
Post by: Danielm103 on November 30, 2006, 05:17:38 AM
Awesome, Thankyou for cleaning things up :)

Dan
Title: Pelles C Imposes Zero Tolerance On Spammers
Post by: The Adder on November 30, 2006, 09:58:30 AM
Thanx MrBcx (and Pelle)  =D>
Title: Pelles C Imposes Zero Tolerance On Spammers
Post by: frankie on December 06, 2006, 04:47:06 PM
It seems that this place has become a kind of spammer's heaven   :(
This is really a pity because parents of teens starting to approach programming could  become frightened of this forum.
Moreover a delayed cleaning could leave after effects becouse unfortunately the net have memory! :(
Title: Pelles C Imposes Zero Tolerance On Spammers
Post by: dancho on January 03, 2007, 10:05:19 AM
@Pelle

There is very simple and yet most efficient solution to this problem ( others forums which I am member use it with success ) , basicly what you need to do is delay time for a new member after he/she can submit his first post,let me explain...
I registered today in pellec forum and I cant submit my first post for a 5 days , for a normal user that isnt a big problem waiting for couple of days but for a spammer it is.
Try this and I think that you want be disappointment...
Title: Pelles C Imposes Zero Tolerance On Spammers
Post by: Pelle on January 03, 2007, 03:34:11 PM
I can switch to manually accepting each registration, which will probably help, but I'm not convinced all people are willing to wait for it... (but I can always try...)
Title: Pelles C Imposes Zero Tolerance On Spammers
Post by: Synfire on January 04, 2007, 08:17:37 PM
Heya Everyone,

I was just passing through, just got back from vacation and I had recommended Pelles C to someone and thought I would check to see what was going on in the forums. I just had to reply to this post as, ironically enough, the reason I stopped regularly visiting this board is because it become too much of a pain to wade through all the spam messages.

Waiting for manual acceptance will probably get on newcommers nerves. I don't recommend it myself. A captcha system, email verification, and a good collection of dedicated moderators is probably the best way to go.

Btw, if they aren't already moderators, I'd vote that Frankie and Gerome would make good moderators for this forum. I base that on the fact that, in the past when I would hang around here, the two of them were more active on this board than anyone (including Pelle).

It does seem that the spamming has taken a great decline since I left, I'll definately try to come around more often. I can't promise anything though as my next project focuses primarily on GoASM. When I get some time I'll probably clean up PAWiz or think of something which deals with PoASM to draw me back here as a follow up. But until then, I'll see you guys around.

Take care,
Bryant Keller