Spambot challenge has been beaten

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Spambot challenge has been beaten

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When people register on this forum, they have to pass a CAPTCHA to ensure that they are a human and not a bot. However, the black letters on a grey grainy background that this site currently uses has actually been beaten over 20 years ago and therefore doesn't really keep any spambots out anymore.

I recommend switching to a Q&A or using a sortables captcha plugin. (https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/exte ... s_captcha/) That if set up properly would stop most spambots at the gate.

Just posting this since I see lots of banned spam accounts in the memberlist.
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Re: Spambot challenge has been beaten by spambots

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MrProgrammer wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 4:53 pm Reporting bugs or suggestions
Tbh, that reads like how to report issues with the product itself, not this site.
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Use that link to communicate suggestions to the team which maintains this forum. They don't use this forum and won't see this topic.
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Or try the AOO dev mailling list.
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