On Dec 18, 2013 3:43 AM, "jan i" <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > On 17 December 2013 23:59, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Hagar Delest <hagar.del...@laposte.net > > >wrote: > > > > > Le 16/12/2013 23:15, Kay Schenk a écrit : > > > > > > Aside from captcha (I'm assuming this is used for registration?), do we > > >> have any other spam tools in place for the Forums? > > >> > > > > > > The only other counter measure is the first post moderation. > > > And it is very effective. On the English board, there is absolutely no > > > spam. The only remaining is the signature or the profile link but they > > are > > > spotted very quickly and they don't appear until you look at the members > > > list. > > > > > > So I don't think we need further tools. > > > Except for moderators perhaps, something like a nuke button that bans the > > > user and delete signature and profile web link automatically. But we live > > > without. The rate (on the EN forum) is below 3.5 spam account per day. > > > > > > Hagar > > > > > > OK, thanks. The reason why I asked is I saw that there ARE spam mods > > available for phpBB and, not knowing our setup, I didn't know if we were > > using any of them, or if they would help. > > > there are, but not a lot is configured. However if the en forum is happy > and have a low spam level, then there are no need to hazzle users more. > > > > > > Like anything of that nature, they might help if configured appropriately. > > > +1 > > > > > One even claims to "do" moderation. But, of course, some attention would > > likely be necessary. > > > > In this particular case, we might think about closing the "vi" forum and > > deleting all accounts of a certain age if these seem to be the cause of > > problems, then reopening again with only newer accounts available and see > > what happens. > > > +1, thats a real good idea, there would be no need to close the forum, > simply clean the user base older than e.g. 3 month and see if the spam > continues. >
FWIW I would close and remove the site. The real problem is lack of interest by users. The VI user activity never really was adequate to support a forum IMO. > rgds > jan I. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > MzK > > > > "Cats do not have to be shown how to have a good time, > > for they are unfailing ingenious in that respect." > > -- James Mason > >
