Looks like we have a lot of new members


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By kevink1955 - 6 Years Ago
Looks like we have been hit by the DOS spammers, they bring a site to it's knees by hitting it with multiple join requests (I mean 1000's per hour) leaving the server little time to answer ligitmate requests

Glad it's fixed, Sure misssed it.
By oldcarmark - 6 Years Ago
These Guys need to get a Life. Between the Porn and the Hackers well We seem to have become a Target. I guess there is no way to differentiate between legitimate "join" Requests and Spammers. Too bad.
By 62bigwindow - 6 Years Ago
What is different about this site? I'm on other forums that do not have this problem. Maybe its something that can be changed to prevent this in the future.
By Ted - 6 Years Ago
Many sites have new members having to wait for administrator approval before becoming full fledged ‘posting’ members.  In lieu of doing this on the YBF forum, no authorization is required and new members can post right away.   If the problem gets bad enough, the YBF forums will divert new member requests to the appropriate moderator/administrator for approval.  The problem with this is someone will have to be in the background always watching for new member requests and then vetting those requests.  Just takes time.
By NoShortcuts - 6 Years Ago
I'm glad that we're running okay again.

I was not able to navigate the site to do anything.

Thanks to all who keep us workable.  Appreciated!
By jviera - 6 Years Ago
A super Thanks to those who run the site . J Viera
By jviera - 6 Years Ago
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. JViera
By 2721955meteor - 6 Years Ago
merry xmas to all,special thanks to those who got the site up and running again. it has and is a great site. cliff tate west coast canada