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Xeroid
11-08-2003, 4:06 PM
This might not be a bug, might just be a feature that I don't understand. :D Does anyone ever get this message?

Sorry! The administrator has specified that users can only post one message every 90 seconds.

Mntsnow
11-08-2003, 5:12 PM
That is normal and you get that when you try and post a reply faster than every 90 seconds.....basically designed to slow down a spammer....

Xeroid
11-08-2003, 7:36 PM
Ahh, got ya. Have you had much trouble with spamming? :)

NDC
11-08-2003, 7:40 PM
Yep, that's the reason for the 90sec delay for each post since under normal circumstances, it would take at least that much time for a person to post a reply one after the other. This measure tends to turn spammers away from going through all the trouble..

Xeroid
11-08-2003, 8:37 PM
Thanks for the explanation. :)

davidw
11-08-2003, 10:21 PM
Too bad there's not a setting that would let someone post every sixty seconds or so based on length of time and/or number of posts... kind of like when a member meets certain criteria, more priveledges are opened up for them. I totally agree about the spam discouraging. This is something I hated at TechIMO. Everyone day someone would come in and put a spam post. Usually it was something like an email spam, and every day it would be "corrected".

But, this is only my opinion.