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Originally Posted by Barcham

I have mine set at 45 seconds and that has pretty much stopped all spam bots dead in their tracks. I had it set at 25 originally and there were a few getting through so I increased it by 5 second increments until I hit 45 and that seems to have done it.

Whoever is programming the bots is a total idiot in any case. Almost all the handles that are blocked tend to be constructed to represent real names, a capital letter for the first name combined with a last name starting with a capital letter. Makes the occasional one that does get through very easy to find.

I have noticed a huge increase in bots the last couple of days though. My various protections have blocked well over 300 in the last day and a half where I usually deal with about 10 to 25 per day.

Spring has sprung and the masses are ready to spend their money after a long, miserable winter. Therefore the spambotnets are ramping up the advertising.

We get this for xmas shopping season too, and for other holidays although not as strong as spring and xmas.

Whoever is programming the bots is a total idiot

That's what I've been tryna tell folks. Spammers are the bottom feeders of the web, for a reason.