You can ban the bot via an .htaccess file if it is the same bot all the time.

The fool is us. I don't recall a true captcha mod for classic but it was discussed several times at UBBDev.com. Somebody did add a Captcha feature with a human question answer feature at some point in time but never followed up on the modification. If they did it was lost in time.

If upgrading is out of the question, then try to use what tools you have at hand.
Such as turn off features that allow bots from harvesting email accounts, close the board to guests, Email verification, Etc.

Other than that you can block by Ip not just by the classic control panel but by .htaccess if it is a repeat offender.

umm... my point



"# First version of UBB created May 7, 1996 (by Ted O'Neill)."

Ok Excuse me then 1996. I had purchased the firs version when they were only out like a few months. I still have the board archived and all of its post's as well. It was on a new site so I went by the Domain Registration date to get close. My Mistake.

Anyway no one really cares, lol.

I agree Lockerman.(Sorry Jaisp Just a habit with the name)
Who cares except for the person with the problem.
I would suggest to him as stated by myself, you and others. Use security methods available or start the upgrade process.

I actually care... do you still have the free version files from something like v1 or v2? I had them but lost them on some hard drive I can't find anymore

For posterity and all... we had it running on UBBDev a few years back but I can't find the files anymore.