no need to link to them..

getting deleted, I now have power to remove so have expunged 50-70 this morning.

Well it was there so thought I'd point it out, my pleasure.

i have banned 13 new users today.......... :(

Shame they have nothing better to do,sad tossers.

its an automated bot that keeps rolling its ip the only real way to stop it is to have admin approval on new signups

While this may discourage genuine new users I think it admin approval on new users should be seriously considered, even if only in the short term until another solution is found, although if they're rolling ip and generating new users I doubt there's not much else the software can do.

Alternatively could there be admin approval on say the first 5 - 10 posts from a new user? not sure it makes much difference than the first option but just another thought.

Unfortunately, while an open access public forum is good for genuine users its obviously open to abuse so I guess it needs locking down a bit.

Just my thoughts :)

Aren't there other security options on vBulletin, like CAPTCHA, or a security question? The question can be something stupidly simple, like "What is the name of the publishing house that hosts this forum?", but that might be enough to get the bot off our backs.

or one of those copy the letters when its really hard to read them, they're annoying but if its works then its worth considering.

Just thinking aloud and its a bit idealistic but does anyone think a 'trust rating' would work?

For example a users trust rating would be promoted every 50 posts, or possibly with recommendations from other highly trusted users.

A user with low trust ratings would have to either get posts approved or go through a security measure while a user with high trust rating could post without restrictions.

Like I say just thinking aloud and imagining ideals :)