admin Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 If you have registered and cannot access content this could be a problem. Our service provider has strict anti-spam policies and automatically bans emails that were associated with spam or fit certain pattern. It bans at least 30 registrations per day now and this number might increase in the future. We don't have the resources to do it manually and will continue to rely on this filter. If you are a real sailor - we are sorry for the inconvenience. Please change email and register again. Also validating users (that have problems with validation can now post in this forum section. If you cannot access or cannot register please post here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigand Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Maybe you do have the resources, only you didn't realise it yet. You have a whole group of dedicated people hanging around here on the forums; I'm sure you can pick the ones that are trustworthy enough. Why not delegate this process to some of the community moderators? ~Brigand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Blackwell Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Having community moderators keep the forums clean shouldn't be too hard if there are enough of us for each section (Russian, English, etc.) Spam that we have to deal with still finds it's way onto the forums despite the filter, however with the current number of moderators and admins it is often dealt with in an hour or two of it's being posted. It is also pretty easy for us to copy-paste a warning message to the spammer. 'One more strike and you're outta here' sort of thing. At least it would be slightly better than not letting people sign up because their email seems suspicious, you may be losing a lot of interest in the games. With enough of the right people, you wont need the filter. You will have your own online task force constantly on the lookout for evil-dooers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ink Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Another soluiton is to restrict the rights of newcomers to post in all current forums, then create a subforum for newcomers only where they will intoduce themself or just say "hi, I'm not a robot", then by auto or manual via moderators they will recieve their posting rights back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chosen01uk2002 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 It is frustrating that as a newcomer I can only make one post until reviewed. Will be interesting to see if this even posts. And this is the most restrictive forum I have been on zo far I must add. Posted from mobile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 It is frustrating that as a newcomer I can only make one post until reviewed. Will be interesting to see if this even posts. And this is the most restrictive forum I have been on zo far I must add. Posted from mobile. All new member posts must be approved this was done after a huge spam spike You see now you can post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsafer Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 So if i understand this right if you never registered on this site before and use a email that is known to be used by bots or spam it is automatically banned just for having @gmail.com in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry d'Esterre Darby Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 All new users must have their first post approved. It's a pain, but there is a problem with the forum software that has allowed spam bots to auto-register and start spamming the forums, so admin made that change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsafer Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 That could be why my friend couldn't register. Anyway to get a list of emails that wont get banned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 That could be why my friend couldn't register. Anyway to get a list of emails that wont get banned? two reasons 1) his email was connected to spam activity somewhere - or is very very similar to such email 2) he made some mistakes in the registration. often users forget the login name or mix up the letters in it.. like blacksails112 instead of blacksails121 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsafer Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 user in question couldn't even register as stated in my other post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenFleet Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 I have change email and register again, but I can not gain access to content!!! Please help. PS my last post had a cupple of selling errors! XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassimoSud Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Sorry, i wrote 3 posts and i Cannon See them! Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ink Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Every new forum user need to wait to be approved by a moderator to prevent spam bots, shortly after you can post free, Captain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassimoSud Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Sorry against .... as you Can See Now I Can post hereby, But I Cannon in the italian forum! Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ink Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 You can post in any forum you see, Captain, your messages in Italian subforum has been approved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arendt Dijckman Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 My posts still waiting for approval. Please fix this asap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francois Thurot Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Same here! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francois Thurot Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 I am not a bot!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Whitby Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 1 hour ago, Felix von Steiger said: I am not a bot!! Now that's what a bot would say 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolau Coelho Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Same here! I am not a bot, too HEEEEEELP Im NO bot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolau Coelho Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Thank you lol, same again...haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vellnueve Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 I signed up and did the validation from the email but still can't post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ink Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 18 hours ago, vellnueve said: I signed up and did the validation from the email but still can't post. Greetings, you can post, but initial messages has to be verifed by moderation team to prevent spam bots. After a few messages it will be ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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