[Suiram]

Originally Posted by pedigree

It seems that someone has written a script of some sort that go through every IP in the database, user, posts, I dont know, but some forums have hit the database 80,000 times in a couple of hours.

This has resulted in perm bans from the API for abuse.

Please dont abuse the API. If you require more than 5000 queries a day, ask us first.

Originally Posted by snoopytas

ping www.stopforumspam.com
Ping request could not find host www.stopforumspam.com. Please check the name and try again.

Looks bad.

the perfect solution would be to not have to rely on any 3rd party for the database. why not have an option to have forum owners create and use their own database? (since their forum already uses one, it's a no brainer) whilst some would prefer to have a frequently updated "general" database as it is now, you could still import a new list of usernames/ip's/email addresses each week/month if you wanted. or at least have two versions. one as it is, and the other 99% the same except that it would use your own servers/database.