[Nms-cgi-devel] [Fwd: wwwboard suggestion]

[Dave C. <da...@us...>]

This sounds like a sensible suggestion. Anyone want to try implementing it?

Dave...

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Subject: wwwboard suggestion
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 22:33:49 -0700
From: Gary Meyer <ga...@sp...>
To: da...@us...

WWWBOARD version 1.60

Hi,

I realize you may not be the right person to contact, but since I
don't know who is, I'll drop my suggestion on you.

WWWBOARD is awesome and is more useful than any PHP board I've seen.
The words filter has allowed me to handle most spam attacks, but
there is one weakness that seems so obvious, I can't believe it's
been left open.  The contents of the SUBJECT field cannot be filtered
for words.  Many spammers have realized this and are launching
attacks through the SUBJECT field in WWWBOARD daily.

My suggestion is simply:  Give the SUBJECT field the same level of
filter capability that other fields have.

If I've overlooked something and you believe the SUBJECT field can be
filtered, please let me know.

Thanks,
Gary Meyer