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| Miki2612 | Jan 10 2009, 12:16 PM Post #1 |
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Hello there, hope this question hasn't been asked too often. If so...sorry in advance. Seems like the search function doesn't work properly right now. OK...my question. I've noticed that, when viewing who's online, that guests view topics and threads that are not open for them, they shouldn't even be able to view the headlines. I'm absolutely sure that these guests are not members who logged in before, picked a certain thread to read and logged off while still reading it. This is not the case. What else could it be? Edited by Miki2612, Jan 10 2009, 12:34 PM.
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| Tony | Jan 10 2009, 01:23 PM Post #2 |
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If found, please report missing.
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Search engine bots. ![]() More specifically it will be Google. You may eventually notice a guest printing a topic, so as long as you have the permission masks set correctly (and it seems you do) there is nothing to worry about.
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| Miki2612 | Jan 10 2009, 01:55 PM Post #3 |
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:$ OK...well, in some other non-IF forum engine bots identify themselves as "google bot" etc....so I didn't think of that, IF boards only give you the IP. Didn't know that engine bots could check locked topics. Thank you very much for your help Tony, much apprechiated.
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