mike b Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 The spambots regularly do fill in additional information, such as setting their homepage as one of the links they're sharing and a little bio like this one... They really are crafty little blighters, but there's a LOT less of them after the latest tweaks. Previously this top forum was filling up with spam thread every 10 minutes... now I can actually see real threads on the top page, almost exclusively so! You can't see me http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/leikahboi310/cenahand.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 It should be a lot better now. I've been able to trim the fat and really restrict the people signing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaysin Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 Seems the forum problems are in full force today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stennick Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 The forums have been worse than ever before for me today. Maybe its just me but I've gotten a half dozen (Internal Sever Error) messages today. Anyway though I'm not complaining it goes away after a few refreshes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaysin Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 The forums have been worse than ever before for me today. Maybe its just me but I've gotten a half dozen (Internal Sever Error) messages today. Anyway though I'm not complaining it goes away after a few refreshes. Definitely not just you. I've had them all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angeldelayette Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 I looked down at the numbers and there were 33 members and 110 guests. I am guessing that probably 80 percent of those guests are the spambots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn michaels Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 And they're really annoying. I've been having errors a lot of times lately. Yesterday was a bad day. TOday's been better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigpapa42 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 This is starting to get really frustrating. I spent more time getting the error page than actually being to read/see/post anything. I'm leery of trying to post anything, since half the time, the error page comes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Yeah, it's quite bad again today. At the time of posting there were 31 members and 99 guests at the site. 25 of the 31 were visible (so probably 6 people, including myself, are mafia game players who lurk down the bottom of the site anyways) and the other 99 are mostly going to be made of spambots trying to get onto the site. There are very posts actually making it through to the site itself now, but I think the bots are now eating up server time on the sign-up process instead, which is why we're getting errors. There are never fewer bots, just fewer ones that are able to do anything successfully on the site but they are still eating up the server a bit by trying to do things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justtxyank Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Man it is killing me. I don't understand why this forum gets hit so hard by these buggers? I can barely send a PM or make a post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Two Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 There have been quite a few 501s recently but it's been ok today. If spambots are that much of a problem some kind of captcha system must be in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 OK, I did some checking on server traffic and it looks like guests are able to search - which causes a ton of traffic. I've removed that ability and we'll see how it goes for the next couple days. if it's still bad, I'll remove the ability of guests to see any forum. But, the issue is now just guests logging on (mostly bots) and taking server bandwidth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn michaels Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 OK, I did some checking on server traffic and it looks like guests are able to search - which causes a ton of traffic. I've removed that ability and we'll see how it goes for the next couple days. if it's still bad, I'll remove the ability of guests to see any forum. But, the issue is now just guests logging on (mostly bots) and taking server bandwidth. Wouldn't that be bad? That's how i got in the forum in the first place, because i was able to read it, not because anyone recomended it. And i read it for a long time before i actually joined. I'm sure i wasn't the only one drawn to the forums like this. Just saying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I agree, Shawn. I don't want to do that. However, if making people register removes the server load, we may need to consider it. Hopefully, the fixes I made last night will resolve it though. Plus, if we did do that, I'd have a message saying that people just need to register to see the forums. There are many professional forums setup that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmartBomb Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 There have been quite a few 501s recently but it's been ok today. If spambots are that much of a problem some kind of captcha system must be in order. Maybe we should use that for the first three/five posts instead of manual approval? Because it is quite annoying having to make posts just to get past restrictions. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Casey Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 My last couple of 'big' posts in my diary have been swallowed by server problems. They go through (despite a timeout) and show up if you look at the thread, but the forum itself doesn't update so the topic doesn't move to the top of the forum. I then have to make a second post (which doesn't show up until someone else posts) to bump the first one. Am I right in thinking that the forum will update eventually and I could avoid needing to make the second post? It only seems to happen in the diary forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angeldelayette Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Been getting the server errors a ton today, even on just the greydogsoftware.com page which means that people cannot even go to the main page of the site. As a matter of fact, I'm battling the server errors just to post this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emark Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I've been having the same issue today. This day seems worse than previous days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestling Century Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 I'm assuming that something (like bots attacking, or a server update) happened that day, because my internet couldn't even load up the GDS front page on that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn michaels Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I agree, Shawn. I don't want to do that. However, if making people register removes the server load, we may need to consider it. Hopefully, the fixes I made last night will resolve it though. Plus, if we did do that, I'd have a message saying that people just need to register to see the forums. There are many professional forums setup that way. So, how are the fixes working? I haven't had that much 501's in these last few days. I assume things are better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlie Rahn Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Yeah, I changed some of the forum settings and things seem a lot better. looks like we'll be able to let guests in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angeldelayette Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Been getting the internal server errors again. It seems like, IMO, one of the worst times for the errors is between 10 and 11 AM EST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crayon Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 I hadn't bothered mentioning it, but for at least a couple of weeks I've been getting timeouts at least once a session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn michaels Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I can't complain that much, it's been fine for me for about two weeks now, (a little less maybe) wich was when Arlie changed the settings, iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike b Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I hadn't bothered mentioning it, but for at least a couple of weeks I've been getting timeouts at least once a session. Did they send you to the corner:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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