Here's a interesting article about CAPTCHAs, beginning with Ticketmaster woes, and ending with a lineup of different CAPTCHAs with their cost to defeat them and their successful rate.
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dsmcd01
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CAPTCHA and 3.6.3
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I'm running vB 3.6.3 and have noticed a small increase in spam. Is the CAPTCHA in 3.6.3 as strong as the current version of vB or should I upgrade to get a stronger CAPTCHA. ... -
OK, that was it exactly. Thanks! Sorry for not replying sooner. I got sidetracked immediately after fixing the forum.
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Thanks. That sounds reasonable. Waiting for a call from my consultant. I'll report back.
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Moved to new domain - logins fail
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A consultant working on my board changed the domain (from mydomain.us to mydomain.com). In that same period logins fail. You get to the login page, and the name/pass are accepted but... -
Default usergroup permissions
I mistakenly edited the Moderator usergoup's permissions. Is there a list of the default set of permissions I can use to reset mine?
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RSS - public 'guest' forums only
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I'm assume I know the answer but want to be sure. Is the reason that RSS feeds reflect only public forums becuase the aggregators access the forums as 'guest'?
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Yeah, I know. They make me sit at the kiddie table on holidays.
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Forum for IIS issues?
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Googling around I'm having trouble finding an active forum for IIS issues. Most I find are lucky to have 2 or 3 posts a day.
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Spiders - only admins/supermods can see
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I don't suppose there's any way to limit by usergroup who can see spiders in the list of currently active users? I don't see any need for registered users to see spiders but my... -
Messages aren't reaching the mail server and the diagnostic doesn't return any errors. I suspect something is wrong in the PHP setup. I'm not familiar with Linux and I'm shaky with PHP.
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Automated Emails don't work after move to Linux
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I moved my forum and its database from a Windows server to a Linux Debian server. Everything works fine except for the automated emails. They're not being sent. Pinging my mailserver... -
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Task Management software: MS Office "Task Timeline" alternative
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I like using MS Office 2003's task feature, especially in its timeline view, except that the tasks don't have any visual indication of when the task is completed like the strikethrough... -
Sample files for bandwidth tester
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I'm writing a little bandwith tester program and need to get a few files to use as the upload/download. I hear that compressed files are best for this type of thing. I'd like files... -
Yes, sorry, that's what I meant. Does it leave a record of what was repaired, or what was removed if anything?
Thx,
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repair.php
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I recently had to run repair.php. I don't know what the originating error was (lost my notes, it was something about a file can't be found).
Is there a log somewhere...
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