Marc

This is not a plugin. Its part of the main platform 

Im seeing emails right up to 3:44 with validation emails that have been delivered, and also registration confirmation emails which would generally be sent out once validation has been done. If you have some specific examples I can certainly take a look at those

We have an open bug report for this one 🙂 Thanks for reporting

As above 🙂 

You could try the following. Please ensure you have done a FULL backup, and you are ready to revert if needed.

Add the following to your conf_global.php in the 

'sql_utf8mb4' => true,

example

<?php

$INFO = array (
  'sql_host' => 'localhost',
  'sql_database' => 'stuff',
  'sql_user' => 'stuff',
  'sql_port' => NULL,
  'sql_socket' => NULL,
  'sql_tbl_prefix' => NULL,
  'sql_utf8mb4' => true,
  'board_start' => 1677243260,
  'installed' => true,
  'base_url' => 'http://location',
  'guest_group' => 2,
  'member_group' => 3,
  'admin_group' => 4,
);

Then try to do the upgrade to the latest release, without doing the UTF8mb4 update

Cant see anything obvious on there. Its a very very old release you are on at present unfortunately. Just looking at profile fields there, please check through those and ensure that you only have ones you need. I know thats one area that may break it

Add temporary details to the notes in that area. You can remove them of course once Im done taking a look

Do you have database access you can provide within your client area so I can take a quick look, as the above would indicate otherwise

What device are you using, so I can test on this end. Also, are you the only person having issues, or is this everyone?

No need to tag. If its in the feedback area, we will always see it 🙂 

I would need a specific example please. You mention there have been all sorts of new posts, but note you would get notifications for new topics only if you subscribe to a forum

Without seeing the issue in action, there isnt really any way we can advise on this occasion. I would advise the next time you see this, please dont fix and let us take a look

33 minutes ago, Pescao6 said:

Using CDN & WAF can help reduce spam by blocking suspicious traffic before it gets to the website. For example, Cloudflare CDN & WAF are free since March 15, 2022 and include an invisible CAPTCHA alternative called Cloudflare Turnstile. You could use it as a second layer of CAPTCHA that won't annoy real people if you want. 

I like to look at website security from a holistic approach. Spam isn't the only security concern when managing a website. The idea of using Invision Community Classic without a CDN and without a WAF is like saying you're secure enough using Windows Defender on a Windows 10/11 PC and you don't really need an antivirus: 60% of people will believe you; the other 40% know better. 

Indeed. However the topic you quoted still was not in any way related to spam protection. It was a question about DDOS protection on the server

34 minutes ago, Pescao6 said:

Don't get me wrong, this comment is a great suggestion and Invision Community 4.x Anti-Spam is great if you have an active license. But really don't like CAPTCHAs.

hCaptcha can be used whether or not you have an active licence. As far as not liking them, I cant really help you there

Check your database is using INNODB rather than myISAM and also that its using dynamic row type rather than compact

The only way you would be able to do this at present would be to block every other country through spam prevention settings. There isnt a way in which to say "Only this country". To be honest, you would probably be best to restrict from your server, rather than from the software

Its worth noting, you will likely lose members through doing this also. People who use VPNs for example, simply would no longer be able to visit.

5 hours ago, Ndugu said:

OK, we enabled the question and answer function. We'll see if that helps.

Consider switching to hCaptcha too, as mentioned

Could you please provide an example username on your site, and an example item you believe you should have had notification on?

Please post any bugs for version 5 on the preview community in the bug tracker. What you are seeing there is a bug, not something you want as a new feature. Im not entirely sure what you mean on the second part of this, to be honest, as many items tehre you are posting arent the person you ignored. It will ignore 'only' their post, not anything else

Spotify would be another

In the system itself, emails are unique. So any custom developed SSO should do this anyway, and anything in built such as OAuth login, will ask the user to log in with their account if its detecting to already exist. After which the 2 will be linked

Glad to hear it 🙂 

You would need to contact your hosting provider about the error there. "MySQL server has gone away" means the database is not responding to request from the software

We would need an example where you are having an issue on your site, if this is the case.