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Spammers
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:52 am
by 3quid
Is there anything we can do to block them? I've noticed 3 such instances of spammers posting so far, not to mention the ones that I didn't see.
Re: Spammers
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:10 am
by 7th_son
Good timing! We've be discussing that. It does seem to be becoming a regular nuisance lately. We're working on a solution.
Re: Spammers
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:19 am
by 3quid
Also, does this increase in spamming heighten any risk of our personal information, such as email addresses and passwords.
Re: Spammers
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:28 am
by 7th_son
I really don't think so. None of that info is accessible to members. You can email or PM someone, but you can't see their actual address. Ian should chime in though, he's the website guy.
Re: Spammers
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:38 am
by higherlimits
No, it's just phishers.. people who want you to click their links and "buy" phoney stuff. Also, I can't see anyone's passwords or anything
Re: Spammers
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:00 am
by barrowc
ReCAPTCHA keeps out about 95% of them but it's gradually becoming less effective (on the LR anyway)
Re: Spammers
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:04 am
by higherlimits
Well, we have a visual confirmation thingy but that's not really working it seems.. Apparently on phpBB boards if you get rid of the "phpBB" at the bottom it'll get rid of most spammers. I'll try it out next week when I'm home.
Re: Spammers
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:17 pm
by kevron6
Just deleted a ton of spam and banned the idiot that posted all the messages. We are working to get this under control
Re: Spammers
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:03 pm
by Scheckywhite
IF you are posting email addresses please use words for AT as @ and dot as .
Re: Spammers
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:09 am
by 3quid
Scheckywhite wrote:IF you are posting email addresses please use words for AT as @ and dot as .
Are you referring to actually posting it on the boards, typing it in PM's, or typing it in like that when we register for the site?
Re: Spammers
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:24 am
by 7th_son
3quid wrote:Scheckywhite wrote:IF you are posting email addresses please use words for AT as @ and dot as .
Are you referring to actually posting it on the boards, typing it in PM's, or typing it in like that when we register for the site?
I'm sure he means typing it in a post.
Re: Spammers
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:27 pm
by JohnC
Spammed at 10:10pm
Re: Spammers
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:34 pm
by ms8shaw
Inpumbnib the member needs to be permanently banned!!
Re: Spammers
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:23 am
by 7th_son
I just banned 3 users for spamming or spam suspicion. We must look like a tasty board for spammers. It's like an infestation in here.
Re: Spammers
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:00 am
by 3quid
We shouldn't give anyone the benefit of the doubt. I saw some suspicious post from this Kevron guy yesterday....I think you mods should ban him.