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Mr. dB · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:33 am

Can you do something about the time limit for editing posts? It's annoying to get the "you cannot make another post this soon" warning when trying to correct a spelling error. I don't run into this problem on other phpBB boards.

winky · **Posted:** Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:37 am

don't make spelling errors.

idiot.

Mr. dB · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:44 am

winky wrote:

don't make spelling errors.

idiot.

You've never made an error or gaffe so egregious that you couldn't wait to change it as soon as it posted?

winky · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:46 am

no. becuase i'm not an idiot!

seltaeb · **Joined:** Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:19 am **Posts:** 10573

Mr. dB wrote:

winky wrote:

don't make spelling errors.

idiot.

You've never made an error or gaffe so egregious that you couldn't wait to change it as soon as it posted?

winky never types more than one line in any post, so the odds that he'll make a mistake are considerably lower than the rest of us.

Plus, winky plays piano, so I'm sure he's pretty accurate

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winky · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:56 pm

morons! type more carefully!

Mr. dB · **Posted:** Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:19 am

seltaeb wrote:

Mr. dB wrote:

winky wrote:

don't make spelling errors.

idiot.

You've never made an error or gaffe so egregious that you couldn't wait to change it as soon as it posted?

winky never types more than one line in any post, so the odds that he'll make a mistake are considerably lower than the rest of us.

Plus, winky plays piano, so I'm sure he's pretty accurate

.

They don't have Shift keys on pianos, do they???

Mark Barnes · **Posted:** Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:58 pm

Mr. dB wrote:

Can you do something about the time limit for editing posts? It's annoying to get the "you cannot make another post this soon" warning when trying to correct a spelling error. I don't run into this problem on other phpBB boards.

Well, I'll admit to having cursed on more than one occasion while waiting what seemed to be an eternity to correct some imbecilic error on a fast-moving thread. ;-)

This is a security feature designed (as I understand it) to prevent a spam-bot which might get loose on the site from posting 1000 times in two minutes. That said, we do have the ability to adjust that "clock." I defer to Mike's expertise in all matters involving board security; however, it may be possible to adjust the time limit to reach a more happy medium between reasonable protection and user convenience.

MikeB · **Posted:** Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:53 am

Mark's absolutely correct. You might remember a couple of years back when a spam bot accidentally got through and started flooding the board with offensive porn pictures - this was a measure to deter bots such as that.

Still, since our security now includes additional measures to deter bots from registering, I've decreased the timer to 15 seconds.

Mark Barnes · **Posted:** Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:03 am

MikeB wrote:

You might remember a couple of years back when a spam bot accidentally got through and started flooding the board with offensive porn pictures - this was a measure to deter bots such as that.

I certainly remember -- since it was my fault! :oops:

(Suppose we can laugh about it now, but it wasn't very funny then. ;-)

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Still, since our security now includes additional measures to deter bots from registering, I've decreased the timer to 15 seconds.

Thanks, Mike!

Mr. dB · **Posted:** Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:35 pm

Thanks!

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