Want to join the forum?

[Brammofan]

UPDATE _ We finally got an effective way of dealing with forum spam.  Therefore, I'm locking this topic.

We are getting bombed hourly with dozens of forum spammers trying to register as members.
Until we can figure out something more challenging than the current registration method, we are turning off registration altogether.

If you are a real human being, are really interested in becoming a member of this forum, and promise that you are not a spammer, then we might be able to accommodate you.  

Send an email to admin at brammoforum dot com with the following information:

1.  Your real name.
2.  Your requested username.
3.  An essay of at least 50 words explaining why you want to be a member.
4.  A brief description of your motorcycle riding history.
5.  This statement:  "I swear to you on all that is holy, that I am not a spammer. So help me [insert your favorite deity, higher power, or other swear-worthy entity here]."
6.  This statement:  "If it turns out that I am a spammer, I hereby agree to be prosecuted under United States laws for perjury, and to quietly serve my time inPMITA Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA"


Any questions?  

[protomech]

Does SMF have any anti-spam plugins for registration? Something with a challenge-response might be good.

[Brammofan]

We have a captcha for registration, and then a plug-in that red flags known spammers.  Most of the ones we got in over the weekend were unknown, but appeared to me to follow a username pattern that looked suspicious.  Skadamo is looking for additional plugins that might help us out.

Thanks!

[Richard230]

Well, that sucks that there are people that want to make life irritating and miserable for a small web site, just because the can and it is probably easier than attacking a larger, better financed and defended forum.  El Moto seems to have done a pretty good job of chasing the spammers away from their forum. Maybe because the spammers can't figure out what they are talking about, or maybe because they don't buy anything but batteries and specialized electrical equipment and wouldn't know what to do with male enhancement products.  

[Evpedaler]

Are you going to put the Turing test as a part of the registration?
If so, I better start studying for it.

[Phantom]

I think Brammofan is going to get a Voight-Kampff machine for registration purposes.

[Brammofan]

I don't like the way that clip ends.  The spammer blows away Brammofan.   

[Richard230]

I thought the overhead electric fan was a nice touch. However, I didn't care too much for the ending, either.