Alpha Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 To combat the ongoing spam attacks that have hit message boards worldwide, we have been implementing new security features and ideas. There is now a new Members+ group, which users in the regular Members group will be automatically promoted to after their first 3 posts. The only new feature that is available currently in the Members+ group is that it will allow you to send private messages. So to summarize: Group name: Members+Features: Can send Private MessagesPromoted from Members after first 3 posts The regular Members group will continue to have private messaging disabled, until other solutions are found. If you find that you are unable to do specific things that you were able to do in the Members group and now not in the Members+ group, please let us know! P.S. If you are a registered user with more than 3 posts and notice that you still can not send PM's: You may need to make at least 1 more post, so the system will auto-promote you to the Members+ group. - 1Emulation Staff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 A relatively crude fix but sometimes those are the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kloplop321 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 indeed for the best to prevent these kind of attacks which are annoying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooney Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Understandably necessary. Hopefully we'll be done with spam bots for a long time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambi Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I'm not even sure what a spambot is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.S.D Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I'm not even sure what a spambot isAn AI that spams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavin19 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 This is to prevent PM spam, it won't aid in general board spam? I've been here over 4 years and never had 1 spam PM. The mods have usually been quick to expunge any 'normal' spam too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 unpinned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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