thoughts on spam attacks like today's

[TheVat]

Just wondering if there's a way to, without revealing too much to a spammer who might read the thread, to maybe come up with innovative procedures to deflect spammers when their activity level (like the last half hour or so) verges on a DDOS attack.  They (the discount airfare kamikazes) must have filled all the logon ports - I couldn't logon for about 20 minutes.  

Could IT-savvy members PM an admin, if they know any handy tricks?  Or is it already sorted?

[studiot]

2 minutes ago, TheVat said:

Just wondering if there's a way to, without revealing too much to a spammer who might read the thread, to maybe come up with innovative procedures to deflect spammers when their activity level (like the last half hour or so) verges on a DDOS attack.  They (the discount airfare kamikazes) must have filled all the logon ports - I couldn't logon for about 20 minutes.  

Could IT-savvy members PM an admin, if they know any handy tricks?  Or is it already sorted?

There were 19 views of my earlier suggestion on this matter, but no comments.

I hope yours fares better.

It is clear that the spammers have cottoned on to the 5 post limit.

[Genady]

52 minutes ago, studiot said:

There were 19 views

This is OT, but where can I see the number of views?

[studiot]

49 minutes ago, Genady said:

This is OT, but where can I see the number of views?

Near the top of the page you will find the section the thread is posted in.

This is posted in Suggestions, Comments and Support.

Click on this and it will take you to a thread list for that section.

Against each thread is a number of views counter.

 

Hope this helps I will do a screenshot if you need it, but it is easy to find.

[Phi for All]

2 hours ago, studiot said:

There were 19 views of my earlier suggestion on this matter, but no comments.

Thank you for the suggestion.

[Genady]

44 minutes ago, studiot said:

Near the top of the page you will find the section the thread is posted in.

This is posted in Suggestions, Comments and Support.

Click on this and it will take you to a thread list for that section.

Against each thread is a number of views counter.

 

Hope this helps I will do a screenshot if you need it, but it is easy to find.

Got it. Thank you!

[swansont]

2 hours ago, TheVat said:

Just wondering if there's a way to, without revealing too much to a spammer who might read the thread, to maybe come up with innovative procedures to deflect spammers when their activity level (like the last half hour or so) verges on a DDOS attack.  They (the discount airfare kamikazes) must have filled all the logon ports - I couldn't logon for about 20 minutes.  

Could IT-savvy members PM an admin, if they know any handy tricks?  Or is it already sorted?

DDOS is how I described it to other mods, but we need an admin to make changes