I don't know why. We've been hit by two spambot attacks in two days. If anyone has any good ideas about how to stop them, I'm all ears. However, this might just be a fact of life.

Peace,
Drew

put up one of those random image generators. I don't think the spambots can read those. But only use it for account cration. I suggested this to applefritter, but they did'nt do it (yet).

or you can go back to the old system of requiring someone to be a 68kmla member, but put something in the account creation on how to get in contact with you. Or just make it so the person wanting an account must email you asking you nicely (and you can verify if it is in spambot english or not).

-digital

There already is an image verification challenge. The second idea might be something I go with (have the admin activate the account rather than the user).

I'm pretty sure these aren't bots but are actual humans.

Peace,
Drew

I think some of those random image things can be read by spambots - you can get a better one (there's loads of different patterns, some of which are much harder for OCR programs to read), or add something like "type *something* in this box if you're a real person", as spambots can't do that.

You should dro tomlevens a line. One thing that I LOVE about the 68kMLA forums is the obscurity of spambot attacks.

We're still using email verification, though. A new member has to click a link on an email in his/her inbox before he/she can post.

I _was_ requiring the new users to email me with a link to a post the new user had made at the 68kMLA before I activated the account (there was no user self-activation), but I was only doing that to keep from undermining the 68kMLA. With that site offline, it didn't make sense to keep doing that.

Peace,
Drew