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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 11:35 am
by Soprano
vermaruby38

3 posts so far

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:36 am
by ladybird30

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 5:26 pm
by reinhard
You know, moderation might be the way to go... thanks for suggesting/volunteering, Soprono!

Shall we try it as an experiment?

I think we'll need a few moderators to make sure there isn't too much delay.

Any one else interested? (I'll put a top level post about this to the main group as well)



Reinhard

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 5:35 pm
by reinhard
Hmmm. It's not immediately clear to me how to enable moderation in this ancient version of phpbb... stay tuned!

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 6:55 pm
by Soprano
reinhard wrote:Hmmm. It's not immediately clear to me how to enable moderation in this ancient version of phpbb... stay tuned!
You know an upgrade would be really good :)

I've been using a phone recently to access the forum and it is really difficult

Jx

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2018 8:16 am
by ladybird30

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 1:07 pm
by reinhard
Yeah... I think I need to bite the bullet and upgrade. I've tried to a couple of times, and the thing that got me stuck was habitcal login (everything else worked). But I'm not sure how many people are still using the habitcal (have to stare at the logs a bit). I may just have to retire it..

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 2:15 pm
by Soprano
reinhard wrote:Yeah... I think I need to bite the bullet and upgrade. I've tried to a couple of times, and the thing that got me stuck was habitcal login (everything else worked). But I'm not sure how many people are still using the habitcal (have to stare at the logs a bit). I may just have to retire it..
It is a useful tool, if you can make it work. Which software are you thinking of upgrading to?

Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2018 7:28 pm
by ladybird30
https://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopi ... 743#192743

slattery66

https://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopi ... 754#192754

dianatrivette

Reinhard, is there any way of automatically rejecting posts with embedded links? That would get rid of a lot of the latest bunch of spam, and the rest of us can just say google topic, or something similar.

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:28 pm
by oolala53

Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 12:51 am
by reinhard
I was thinking about the latest version of phpbb, although it's now so long since I tried that I'm not even sure a direct upgrade is possible. The trick is importing all the old posts, adding url rewrite rules so links to them still work. It's a project, unfortunately.

Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 1:07 am
by reinhard
I might be able to weed out by embedded links, but it would involved messing with the phpbb code, and I should probably just use that effort to upgrade/replace the bulletin board entirely... good idea, though.

Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:53 pm
by ladybird30

Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 9:53 pm
by reinhard
Got it. THanks!

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 6:28 pm
by sharon227

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 6:20 am
by ladybird30

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 10:33 am
by reinhard
Got them. Thanks, ladybird30 and sharon227!

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 7:09 am
by ladybird30

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 2:09 pm
by reinhard
Got it. Thanks!

Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 3:57 am
by ladybird30

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 1:47 am
by ladybird30

Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 12:29 pm
by Soprano

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 2:54 am
by ladybird30

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 7:12 pm
by leafy_greens

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 1:20 am
by ladybird30

Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 12:34 am
by oolala53

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 4:42 am
by ladybird30

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 5:45 pm
by Skelton
Board has been inundated lately.
Would it be possible to add a 'Report' button to make this process quicker for users?

This one, all posts need to go:

https://everydaysystems.com/bb/profile. ... le&u=11219

will post more when I have time.

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 6:16 pm
by Skelton
The last two posts on this thread are spam :

https://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=2538

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 6:26 pm
by Skelton

Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2018 3:16 pm
by lpearlmom
Thanks skeleton for posting this. It’s been really bad lately!

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 1:51 pm
by reinhard
Sorry, I've been negligent for a while again...

Starting cleanup now... may take a bit to get through it all.

I think I'm going to have to break that habitcal and upgrade the phpbb software . There's just no way I can stay on top of this otherwise.

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 3:35 pm
by reinhard
OK, I think I got everything posted here since my last spambot killing spree.

If you notice anything I missed, or when you notice new spam, please continue to post it here, and feel free to email me directly if it's been more than a few days and things are piling up -- reinhard.engels@gmail.com

I am going to bite the bullet and do this upgrade soon. It will certainly break things in the process, so apologies in advance.

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 2:41 am
by ladybird30
I am sure I speak for everyone here when I say that we really appreciate the work you put in to keep the forum running.

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 5:08 am
by Soprano

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 4:57 pm
by reinhard
Got him. Thanks, Soprono!

I am planning to do this painful site upgrade before New Year.

I'll try to give some advance notice before I dive in, and I'll keep a backup in case it's a total disaster and I have to revert.

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 6:33 pm
by Soprano
reinhard wrote:Got him. Thanks, Soprono!

I am planning to do this painful site upgrade before New Year.

I'll try to give some advance notice before I dive in, and I'll keep a backup in case it's a total disaster and I have to revert.
Great we really need it :)

Jx

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 6:34 pm
by Soprano

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 10:52 pm
by ladybird30

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 10:28 pm
by oolala53

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 3:29 am
by ladybird30

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 1:46 am
by oolala53

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 12:11 am
by ladybird30

Re: SPAM hit list

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 4:23 pm
by reinhard
Hi all,

As you probably noticed, I finally upgraded the bulletin board software, and this should make it a lot easier to stay on top of the spam (and even deputize some of you to help me!). Thank you all for your continued vigilance and patience while I figure this out over the next few days.

Reinhard

Re: SPAM hit list

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 5:02 pm
by Soprano
Thank you

Jx

Re: SPAM hit list

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 5:33 pm
by automatedeating
Happiness is my Everyday Systems Forum. :lol:

Re: SPAM hit list

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 3:40 am
by ladybird30
Thanks very much Reinhard.

Re: SPAM hit list

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2019 2:51 am
by reinhard
The good news is new spam has stopped as far as I can see with the upgrade.

The bad news is we've got quite a backlog, and part of the reason new spam has stopped is I have to approve new accounts and I just haven't... probably not a sustainable solution.

I know some of you have offered to be moderators in the past, if you are still interested, please let me know! The new software makes that possible.

Feel free to PM me or email me at reinhard.engels@gmail.com.

Reinhard