bubba
Administrator
So do I.
This problem is by no means solved yet, but we're getting on top of it more now.
There is actually a solution that kills it dead - force users to log in with their (hidden) email address instead of with their username - that way the bots can never log them out unless they guess their email address, which is pretty unlikely. I'm keen to implement this but it's a decision that needs the approval of Toby and Simon and I think Toby's away at the moment or something.
For the record, since the new anti-spam measures were implemented we've now blocked 3080 IP address here and 3650 on ukb.
This problem is by no means solved yet, but we're getting on top of it more now.
There is actually a solution that kills it dead - force users to log in with their (hidden) email address instead of with their username - that way the bots can never log them out unless they guess their email address, which is pretty unlikely. I'm keen to implement this but it's a decision that needs the approval of Toby and Simon and I think Toby's away at the moment or something.
For the record, since the new anti-spam measures were implemented we've now blocked 3080 IP address here and 3650 on ukb.