"report post" button?

[nitrogen]

Is there any way we could get a "report post" button to inform mods of a spam or offensive spam post?

I think we just got indexed by some site, as i've seen more spam posts this week than my entire time posting on here.

[Charles L. Cotton]

We have been getting a lot more lately. Sorry, there is not "report" button available, but perhaps there will be with Ver. 3.0.

Chas.

[longtooth]

We really try to keep an eye on it. It is not very often that one stays on the board very long. I am usually up early. Carlson1 is the night owl. Several of the others are on both through the day & then in the late evening.
It is pretty rare for spam or porn to stay available for over an hour anytime except between about 2:00am to 5:00am. The rest of the time is pretty well covered & we get it usually w/in a few minutes.
I am still waiting on the new & improved program.

[Skiprr]

TexasCHLforum uses a very popular, open-source software based on a type of scripting language known as PHP. Unfortunately, when you combine open-source, free software with a huge install base, the result is a whole lot of idiots who seem to have nothing better to do than try to hack into it and spam away.

It's a never-ending battle. I have a couple of (very) quiet boards that use the same software, and I continue to be amazed that these automated spambots are able to get through the visual authentication code, register, and post. I ban user names, block repeat-offending domain names (like free email providers based out of Saudi Arabi...I had a run on those early this year), carefully restrict certain IP addresses, use add-on modifications to try to block spambots (things like denying registration if the whole user process took less than five seconds), and still some get through.

In my somewhat informed opinion, I think Charles and crew are doing a bang-up job (no pun intended) to keep such an active board so clean. The upgrade to version 3 that Charles mentioned is in Beta version 4 as of November 27 (Beta 1 came out in June), so I expect we'll see the new production version early next year.

Again, a hand for our tireless Moderators!

[seamusTX]

If I occasionally see a subject line like "Get ur meds here," I can figure out to ignore it.

Thanks again for your tireless efforts.

- Jim

[nitrogen]

Thanks guys.

Just wondering if there was any way I could help ya'all out.