Limit only first posting by this session. Assume messages created by spam bots

can be removed afterwards

boards/context_processors.py

@@ -68,7 +68,7 b' def user_and_ui_processor(request):'
     context[CONTEXT_VERSION] = settings.get('Version', 'Version')
     context[CONTEXT_SITE_NAME] = settings.get('Version', 'SiteName')
 
-    if settings.get_bool('Forms', 'LimitPostingSpeed'):
+    if settings.get_bool('Forms', 'LimitPostingSpeed') and not settings_manager.get_setting('confirmed_user'):
         context[CONTEXT_POW_DIFFICULTY] = settings.get_int('Forms', 'PowDifficulty')
 
     context[CONTEXT_IMAGE_VIEWER] = settings_manager.get_setting(

boards/forms.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 b' from django.forms.utils import ErrorList'
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _, ungettext_lazy
 from django.utils import timezone
 
+from boards.abstracts.settingsmanager import get_settings_manager
 from boards.mdx_neboard import formatters
 from boards.models.attachment.downloaders import Downloader
 from boards.models.post import TITLE_MAX_LENGTH
@@ -269,12 +270,21 b' class PostForm(NeboardForm):'
             self._clean_text_file()
 
         limit_speed = board_settings.get_bool('Forms', 'LimitPostingSpeed')
-        if not self.errors and limit_speed:
+
+        settings_manager = get_settings_manager(self)
+        if not self.errors and limit_speed and not settings_manager.get_setting('confirmed_user'):
             pow_difficulty = board_settings.get_int('Forms', 'PowDifficulty')
-            if pow_difficulty > 0 and cleaned_data['timestamp'] and cleaned_data['iteration'] and cleaned_data['guess']:
-                self._validate_hash(cleaned_data['timestamp'], cleaned_data['iteration'], cleaned_data['guess'], cleaned_data['text'])
+            if pow_difficulty > 0:
+                # Limit only first post
+                if cleaned_data['timestamp'] \
+                        and cleaned_data['iteration'] and cleaned_data['guess'] \
+                        and not settings_manager.get_setting('confirmed_user'):
+                    self._validate_hash(cleaned_data['timestamp'], cleaned_data['iteration'], cleaned_data['guess'], cleaned_data['text'])
             else:
+                # Limit every post
                 self._validate_posting_speed()
+            settings_manager.set_setting('confirmed_user', True)
+
 
         return cleaned_data
 
@@ -363,9 +373,6 b' class PostForm(NeboardForm):'
     def _validate_hash(self, timestamp: str, iteration: str, guess: str, message: str):
         post_time = timezone.datetime.fromtimestamp(
             int(timestamp[:-3]), tz=timezone.get_current_timezone())
-        timedelta = (timezone.now() - post_time).seconds / 60
-        if timedelta > POW_LIFE_MINUTES:
-            self._errors['text'] = self.error_class([_('Stale PoW.')])
 
         payload = timestamp + message.replace('\r\n', '\n')
         difficulty = board_settings.get_int('Forms', 'PowDifficulty')
@@ -380,6 +387,7 b' class PostForm(NeboardForm):'
                 [_('Invalid PoW.')])
 
 
+
 class ThreadForm(PostForm):
 
     tags = forms.CharField(