There should be something that says "ban by username," then checkmark the box that says "delete user." A dropdown box next to it should have the option "Delete posts." Choose that.

That's the most painless way to deal with these scumbots. (says it like Mega Man on the cartoon)

wait, is that in the admin panel or mod panel?

There's a way to do it from the mod panel, also. Should have the same options, somewhere. The mod panel isn't nearly as complex as the ACP.

yes because the admin panel is for admins, and is supposed to do things that can alter the forum. No need to explain it man, I already know it

But yeah, thanks for the tip. It sounds easier then going from post to post deleting >_>

Go into administrate user, and then goto quick options at the bottom, click the drop down box to select ban by ip then click the tick box, delete all users posts. then click submit and they go away all posts and all.

Okay sweet, didn't know this. I feel stupid for deleting post by post >_>

So I've changed the captcha to have a background image on it, as per suggestion from a phpBB forum. Apparently it works incredibly well so far, as the bots can't remove the background color from it to start reading the text. It makes it easier for humans to see, harder for computers. We'll see how it goes.

Edit: I don't have the time to do it now, but if Slade could change the images to a bunch of other random shit it would be better, as the images I got came off the forum because they were already sized and shit to it. People may have programmed their bots to read these images or some shit I don't know, but just in case you dig?

Seems that it has not stopped all, but im working on a new control panel mod for this, its just taking me a while, plus im fairly busy with things at the moment. but I will control the forum posts and moderate them (since the other moderators seem to be useless at banning and deleting posts)
I'll get this mod finished and installed as soon as possible.

Why are the other mods not doing anything? Its really not that hard if they just take the time to familiarise themselves with the controls. How many other mods are there besides me?

I'll make the images a little more confusing.