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Radagast
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« on: November 15, 2008, 08:45:02 PM »

 I have noticed a dramatic spike in new account creations the last couple weeks and closer examination leads me to believe these are automated and a possible prelude to a massive spam attack against this board.

So, I've deleted every account created since Nov 1st that has not posted a single message.

If you created a real account that was deleted, sorry. Create another account, and post a message, at least to introduce yourself.

I will be automating a process that will nuke any account that hasn't posted a message within 1 or 2 days after creation.

I've also ramped up the complexity of the new user captcha to discourage automated signups.
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« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2008, 12:09:23 PM »

Nice work Radagast.
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