Repeated, annoying junk postings

[Steven Schweda]

   Is this ultra-deluxe forum software really incapable of limiting
new-topic postings by a "New Member", or is the crack HP team in charge
incapable or indifferent, or am I the only one who finds these
(repeated) mass junk postings annoying?

   Is this the only affected forum, or is the problem more widespread?

   Is it called "Lithium" because it's such a lightweight?

[Dennis Handly]

>incapable of limiting new-topic postings by a "New Member"

Limiting it to 5 posting a day?

>Is this the only affected forum, or is the problem more widespread?

Someone mentioned the CS forum had it:

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/

And if you do a search for a string like "O⑨⑦①S28O7SS8I", you'll find in two other places.

And last time I searched, it was in a whole bunch more places.

[Steven Schweda]

> Limiting it to 5 posting a day?

   Or fewer.  Many schemes might be better than the current one (none?),
although some might create a significant workload for a moderator.
Also, I don't know how "New Member" is currently defined.  I know
nothing about what features Lithium might offer for this sort of thing,
and approximately nothing about normal usage patterns but ...

   One might disable a "New Member" who posts more than, say, two new
topics in less than one hour.

   One might allow, say, two new topics for a "New Member", and then
require a moderator to approve any more (or to convert the user from
"New" to an unlimited status).

   The Info-ZIP forums (using phpBB) have a low activity level, so we
can afford to exchange e-mail before approving a user, and the forums
are moderated, so noise topics don't appear.  With its bigger volume, HP
has a tougher problem, but it shouldn't be too difficult to stop a new

user from flooding a forum.