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Indirik:
So, today I noticed this: "There are 78 members awaiting approval."

This is the first I noticed that we had to approve new members.  I tried to clear out some of the duplicate/spammy applications, but I got this error: "You don't have the permissions to go about removing people's accounts!"

Draco Tanos:
Yeah, only full Admins can, apparently. 

Tom installed a spam stopper.  It checks names, IPs, and e-mails with a database.  The red ones are confirmed on the database to be spammer accounts/IPs/e-mails.  The yellow are suspected.  Whites have had no reports against them.

As you can see, there are a LOT of spambots in the queue.  This will help keep the forums a bit cleaner, fortunately.

Doesn't look like it ran for the accounts waiting for activation, but there are a lot of spam accounts in there too.  Can tell just by how they appear (the name and e-mail usually).

Tom:
Accounts that are not suspicious should go through without any trouble, shouldn't they?

Draco Tanos:
Believe so, but that hasn't really been an issue we've been able to check so far.

I have noticed in the Awaiting Activation tab, while skimming, that there are a handful of legit accounts but that's more them not responding to the e-mail to activate, I believe.

Tom:
Ok, someone please make sure - register a new account with a secondary e-mail of yours and check if it activates without manual approval.

And the sheer number makes me wonder how many spammers we have with active accounts and how to get rid of them.

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