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Title: Massive number of botted registrations
Post by: chadeldridge on November 30, 2007, 02:48:45 PM
All,

I realize this will be fixed in the new version of CMG but I need something to stem the tide until then.  Every day I am getting about 20 - 40 registration confirmation emails from my site from random bots.  I want all my activation requests to come to me in email of course, but I need a way to stop the ability of these bots from completing a registration.  It is my understanding that the new version will have a Capcha image box that will prevent (at least the lesser of the bots) from registering on the site. 

Can anyone provide some help in the mean time?

Chad
Title: Re: Massive number of botted registrations
Post by: chadeldridge on November 30, 2007, 02:50:37 PM
I guess it would also be helpful if i said I was on version 1.4.14
Title: Re: Massive number of botted registrations
Post by: Joachim Müller on November 30, 2007, 02:52:42 PM
Then apply the captcha mod to the registration process if this bothers you so much.
Title: Re: Massive number of botted registrations
Post by: chadeldridge on November 30, 2007, 03:28:46 PM
I wasn't aware there was a capcha mod for 1.4. 
*Goes off searching again
Title: Re: Massive number of botted registrations
Post by: chadeldridge on November 30, 2007, 03:33:25 PM
The only capcha addon that i see is for comments, my issue is not with comments, but with registrations. 
Title: Re: Massive number of botted registrations
Post by: Nibbler on November 30, 2007, 03:35:10 PM
Same plugin.
Title: Re: Massive number of botted registrations
Post by: Joachim Müller on November 30, 2007, 03:52:07 PM
Captcha (Visual Confirmation) for comments/registration/reporting/login/ecard (http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=36319.0)
Title: Re: Massive number of botted registrations
Post by: chadeldridge on November 30, 2007, 03:57:29 PM
Thank you very much, both of you.  I have one final question and then i will stop being a noob. 

I have installed the plugin and enabled it.  I now have the "Confirm" box on the registration page, but i have no picture box to confirm with.  So now I can't login at all.  Can you point me in the right direction of how to fix this.  At this point it seems obvious that I am going to have to go to the code.

Chad
Title: Re: Massive number of botted registrations
Post by: chadeldridge on November 30, 2007, 04:05:01 PM
Never mind ... stupid question on my part.  Didn't see the readme file in the zip.  Fixed now. 

Thank again very much.

Chad