Ah, so I am not the only one who has delusions I am more powerful than I am!emuler wrote:I think FLL upped the settings a bit after that patience spammer person/bot sneaked through. Overkill, IMHO. One spammer in several months is pretty good, I'd say. That's low enough to delete manually; makes sure that the 'delete' button is still working.
All admins except ghost would be named "moderators" at most sites, we have no power other than editing and deleting posts, and moving/splitting threads. No ability to ban users or IP addresses, which is why ghost added the bbantispam, he was the one having to do all the bans.
The antispam system will ask again if you change your IP address or clear your cookies. I clear them several times a day, so I have to log in and pass the test quite often, which is a pain but better than the spam. If I had to change the system, I'd exempt users with over 10 posts who have been here over a month. That would keep newly-registered spammers out but make it easier on most people. But that's not how the system works, so we have to live with it.