14 members online - only 2 genuine

[spud69]

Dont give in to the Dicks

Hope Haynes can get on top of this when the super mod returns from hols. Its starting to get ridiculous, lets not give in to these bunch of tossers. I keep seeing Ash logged in trying to keep on top of deleting the spam but i'm sure he cant go on indefinitely - would be a big shame to loose the forum, just frightened Haynes may consider pulling the plug on it.

Keep fighting.........AndyH

[The V8 Files]

I hope so too, just had a quick look and there were 10 new ones registering just now All had similar random usernames

[AshG]

At least tt and I only have to keep on top of one section now. It was hell before that

[rpjg1975]

true, from the look of the posts this afternoon it certainly stops you getting bored!!!

as has been posted in the 'too easy' thread, up to over 1400 active members from 200 and something in october......thats a lot of 'dicks'!

[John.W]

Can you not put in security so that any new member has to first get authority from Ash or another other admin before they can do anything?

[spud69]

Originally Posted by John.W

Can you not put in security so that any new member has to first get authority from Ash or another other admin before they can do anything?

I'm no expert at forum protocol John but that sounds the easiest solution, would cause a lot of work though for the moderators in the mean time but should stop it. Plus once the spammers know that there is an approval process they would move on to the next victim. Maybe the forum software would need updating, TT is an knowledgeable in this field so maybe he would know.

[The V8 Files]

Originally Posted by AshG

At least tt and I only have to keep on top of one section now. It was hell before that

I think everyone muchly appreciates everything your doing Ash & TT, as we've said before it must be a reall ballache to have to keep cleaning the trash up.

It does make you wonder if any top brass at Haynes are aware of what's happening with the forum that bearing their name or if the trail stops on a beach somewhere with pina colada in its hand

[The V8 Files]

Originally Posted by John.W

Can you not put in security so that any new member has to first get authority from Ash or another other admin before they can do anything?

It needs someone with admin rights to enable this and possibly also a software upgrade, unfortunately the admin dude's on holiday.

[vmax1974]

If haynes pulled the plug I for one would suffer withdrawl symptoms lets not let that happen

[John.W]

I did the admin for the Rally x web page a couple of years ago and every new user had to register first and then wait for email confirmation before they could post. I believe it's the same on the locost web page.