System Challenge When Pm'ing, Delay In New Posts

[Sinista32]

Hi,

1. For a week or so now when I send a PM I am being Challenged.

I.e System generated challenge asking that I type in 2 words and submit. One of the words is those worped looking one's you get when new to a site to ensure your not a spambot.

2. When starting a new topic I can see it in the forum immediately. However there is a delay for others. Sort of like a submisson some one checks before allowing it.

Just want to make sure this is correct as it didn't happen previously.

Cheers

Richard

[Sinista32]

I should mention the above is random. So I will take a screen dump next time this occurs.

[Duncan]

Christian will have to answer the first, I assume there is something which thinks you are a spam bot at times. (might be true?)

2. Yes some forums require moderation before you can see a topic, but that applies to everyone including the original poster. The moderated sections (Builds, DIYs, etc) are because people consistently post the wrong sort of threads in those sections and we want the chance to move them first. If you can see a new thread and someone else can't straight away, it must be some sort of server or local caching issue.

[PranK]

something which thinks you are a spam bot at times. (might be true?)

Hahaa!!

Yeah we challenge users via Cloudfront.com when there is suspicious behavior. It was set to let people access the site for a day after completing the challenge, I've increased this to a month.

If this is still too much, I'll disable it. I didn't realise it was affecting legit users.

Let me know.

[Sinista32]

Thanks boys