Inactive user names will be pruned

[Acid_1]

AHH! Don't delete me!!! No but really, why don't you just find the people who have 0 posts and have registered longer than a month ago, at least then they have some time to check if they're ready to post (Never did that myself :S), and if they're real, they can re-register and they've lost nothing.

[Husse]

Acid_1
It's something like that I do - phpBB provides a list of inactive users, meaning people that have registered but not even clicked the activation link in the registration mail
I go through that list every day and delete a lot of BuyViagraOnLine and the like, this is actually one of the reasons we have so little spam now
And you are right, it is possible to register again - also for the spammers

[garda]

Husse,

Please don't wipe me out. I know I haven't been active for quite a while now. But I will be back to 'turbo' mode once I'm out of this series of mind-crushing, time consuming, incredibly burdening tasks before me. So please, please don't delete my account.

[Husse]

garda - no risk
As I wrote it's just people that haven't even clicked the link in the registration mail

[Fred]

garda,

It is just for riffraff, derelicts, and misfits, like me.

Husse is just trying to upgrade the forum to a better class of people. You have nothing to worry about.

Fred

[Husse]

@ Fred

[StanTheMan]

The methods described above by Papabearak have been quite effecive. Worth considering.

[djross95]

Always a good idea to get rid of spammers, but I'm posting here to make sure that I'm not "pruned".....

This is a great forum and it's well worth visiting on occasion! DR

[oliverjames]

Good idea Husse, Prune away. Excellent forum.

Looking forward to Mint 7 (versus Windows 7) bound to be better.

Oliverjames

[markfiend]

I run a couple of phpbb boards and found this a great way of preventing spambots from registering.

Hope that helps.

[Husse]

Thanks markfiend
Right now we don't have much spam, I think that my pruning of inappropriate "inactive" user names (such as variations of buyonline) helps a lot
Never the less we had someone today that used the forum to send spam

[ESM]

Well, I registered myself today and hope to be not pruned if I don't write anything from now on I mostly find solutions on the Ubuntu forum or here without asking... Maybe that should be taken into consideration?

[Husse]

It's only those that never even clicked the link in the registration mail that is at risk

[Husse]

No need for this any more - the spam stop during registration has stopped the bots and there are hardly any inactive user names any more

[emorrp1]

wooo, two birds with one stone

[Colonel Schell]

I am an 'inactive user.'

Just ask my wife and look at my yard! lol

[FrogDemon]

I am an 'inactive user.'

Just ask my wife and look at my yard! lol

We must be married to the same woman or maybe I married your wife's sister! My wife told me the other day: How long ya gonna be a bump on the log and NOT get the yard done?

[Fred]

SSShhhh... Don't bring this thread back to life. It might remind Husse that he hasn't deleted me yet.

Fred

[Husse]

But Fred - you are a really active user - don't know what your wife thinks though

[hinto]

Do you count logins, but no posts?
I often auto login to the forums, but only post if I have anything relevant to add...
-H