Shoutbox

In the shoutbox sometimes when i am writing a message comes up with error: Message flood (type 1) but the thing is i am not flooding. After that message appears i cant write anything for ages. This is happening about 10 times when i am on the shoutbox. Can anyone explain it?

There are a few different shoutbox message flood errors, I think they are as follows: (WDZ will probably correct me if I am wrong )
1. Too many messages by one person in a row (not necessarily next to each other though, something like 5 out of the last 7?)
2. Too many messages by one person within a set time period (5 minutes?)
3. Too many messages by all users within set time period (relatively new error, added when we tried to get to 10,000 shouts in one day by spamming)

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Originally posted by Eljay
There are a few different shoutbox message flood errors, I think they are as follows: (WDZ will probably correct me if I am wrong )
1. Too many messages by one person in a row (not necessarily next to each other though, something like 5 out of the last 7?)
2. Too many messages by one person within a set time period (5 minutes?)
3. Too many messages by all users within set time period (relatively new error, added when we tried to get to 10,000 shouts in one day by spamming)

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Ok thanks, well i havent done any of them

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Originally posted by Eljay
3. Too many messages by all users within set time period (relatively new error, added when we tried to get to 10,000 shouts in one day by spamming)

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And that's a bit buggy: I was in a shoutbox party once, and I hadn't shouted for a while, but when i tried to should, it said message flood type 3

No its not really buggy..
If the idea is to stop spamming it did that well becuase even if you did join its stopping you from posting which stops you adding to the spam..

To correct Eljay, the first 2 are not for the "one person" but for "one IP".  I have this problem quite a lot because of NanaFreak's spam

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Originally posted by Discrate
This is happening about 10 times when i am on the shoutbox.

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Umm... 10 times in what period of time?

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After that message appears i cant write anything for ages.

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Five minutes isn't exactly "ages," and you can always delete or edit your previous shouts to get around the limit. =/

The flood protection code is dodgy, but Eljay is basically right. I'm planning to get rid of the "all users" error, because non-spammers shouldn't be punished for the actions of others.

As for type 1, I set that stricter after the last prunage because people always spam like crazy. It's back to normal now.

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Originally posted by markee
To correct Eljay, the first 2 are not for the "one person" but for "one IP".  I have this problem quite a lot because of NanaFreak's spam

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lol... yeah, the IP is checked because the shoutbox supports guest shouts, and because members sometimes make duplicate accounts... ¬¬

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Originally posted by WDZ

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Originally posted by Discrate
This is happening about 10 times when i am on the shoutbox.

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Umm... 10 times in what period of time?


lol... yeah, the IP is checked because the shoutbox supports guest shouts, and because members sometimes make duplicate accounts... ¬¬

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but what about the 2 regulars that aren't the same account =(...