Lower the posting time limit! (Or make me mod :D)

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Lower the posting time limit! (Or make me mod :D)

Post by Ambush Commander »

OK, so McGruff must have changed some settings or something, but I keep on tripping over these "you cannot post so soon after!" messages. It's getting quite annoying actually (I like submitting a post, looking at it, then editing it if something else occurs to me. Also, rapid-fire posting for stock questions is hard with it). Could we try setting it back to a more sane level? Or could you make me mod? After all... I have been around here for quite a bit.

Ah well, not sure if this is the right forum.
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Post by Nathaniel »

I'm not quite sure why phpBB wants you to wait x seconds to edit a post.
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Post by John Cartwright »

Yea I just ran into that problem too.. kinda annoiying.
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Post by Ambush Commander »

Hmm... so it seems like mods have the same limit too.
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Post by John Cartwright »

As of right now I don't think we really need anymore moderators since we appointed a couple during 'la revolution'.
I'll let you know if at any point we do need others.. :wink:
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Post by Ambush Commander »

No, it's okay. Having to moderate other discussions really doesn't appeal to me: I just thought that moderators had "rapid-post" priviledges, where the post throttling was non-existant or nominal (like one second).
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I've set the limit to phpBB's default - hope it helps.

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Post by McGruff »

Just to explain, on Saturday/Sunday the site was basically under attack. I was getting spam emails in my personal accounts, a deluge of bogus registrations (which led me to block all new registrations for the time being, genuine or not), theft of copyright material, attempts to interfere with the server, and a multitude of vituperative posts on the forums. The post interval was increased as a precaution in case there were further attacks by automated agents.
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Post by patrikG »

McGruff wrote:Just to explain, on Saturday/Sunday the site was basically under attack. I was getting spam emails in my personal accounts, a deluge of bogus registrations (which led me to block all new registrations for the time being, genuine or not), theft of copyright material, attempts to interfere with the server, and a multitude of vituperative posts on the forums. The post interval was increased as a precaution in case there were further attacks by automated agents.
You never used to confuse cause and effect, McGruff. Shame, that you've taken up that habit.
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Post by McGruff »

The moral high ground can be a dangerous place to set up camp but let's just drop it OK? I was just trying to explain what happened in reply to the original post.
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Post by patrikG »

McGruff wrote:let's just drop it OK?
Agreed.
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