Re: Spam postings
Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 17:12
And I've just deleted it! Mwahahaha! While adverts are nice, I don't think any of us wish to read them on here...
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Re: Spam postings
Posted: 29 Apr 2009, 10:44
Some more boring adverts are on the forum... razz to them..
razz to them..Re: Spam postings
Posted: 29 Apr 2009, 12:20
Where are all these morons coming from?
Re: Spam postings
Posted: 29 Apr 2009, 13:07
They're coming from what used to be our Red friends! This time, I got the IP and the user, not just the user! 
Re: Spam postings
Posted: 01 May 2009, 09:42
similar to Playboy? Or hardcore?steelclaw wrote:The first spam had alot of naughty sites.
Spammers are scum. If anyone has spam problems with email, I recommend Google Mail. I've not had one spam email since I signed up. 
Shame the same filters can't be used on message boards! 
Re: Spam postings
Posted: 02 May 2009, 10:05
Another idiot spammer on the loose 
Re: Spam postings
Posted: 02 May 2009, 10:23
And caught. Thanks Garen and steelclaw!
Re: Spam postings
Posted: 09 Aug 2009, 21:44
That guy asking for people's original characters or fanart to be posted got removed AS i clicked on his attachment, quick work!
Re: Spam postings
Posted: 10 Aug 2009, 08:30
I don't get it? What's wrong with that?
Re: Spam postings
Posted: 10 Aug 2009, 11:14
He posted it in multiple sub-forums. 
Re: Spam postings
Posted: 10 Aug 2009, 12:20
Was that the request for fan art? IIRC it involved sending stuff to an e-mail address and therefore revealing the private e-mail addys of the senders. I'm sure it's completely innocent but one has to be a bit wary, especially with anonymous sources.Digifiend wrote:He posted it in multiple sub-forums.
Lew
Re: Spam postings
Posted: 10 Aug 2009, 12:24
Yeah, I saw it in at least two different places on the forum, but it's been flushed out. Quite rightly from what you say about the content.
Re: Spam postings
Posted: 10 Aug 2009, 17:29
We have the option when deleting a user to either leave the posts, delete the posts, or delete the replies as well, which I assume Al or Colin did.
Re: Spam postings
Posted: 13 Aug 2009, 17:08
i hate spam i know if its a net bot like lew said you can add question when they sign up like whats 2+2 and they wont be able to answer it.
Re: Spam postings
Posted: 27 Sep 2010, 20:08
We get these on the health-related forum that I run. They'll post vague stuff about how happy they are to be here, and have spammy links in their sig or profile 
I now check every single newbie's email address out because we have a lot of kids on that forum and I need to keep them as safe as possible. As a forum we do really well in that regard, and usually the spam is rubbish but harmless, though one guy was most persistent and when he found his posts weren't appearing to the public (I set them so only the mods could see them, so we could see what he was up to) he got enraged and posted the most appalling child porn.
There's a pretty obvious spammer who has just posted on Ruth's introduction thread, she's obviously not taken in by him though
I now check every single newbie's email address out because we have a lot of kids on that forum and I need to keep them as safe as possible. As a forum we do really well in that regard, and usually the spam is rubbish but harmless, though one guy was most persistent and when he found his posts weren't appearing to the public (I set them so only the mods could see them, so we could see what he was up to) he got enraged and posted the most appalling child porn. There's a pretty obvious spammer who has just posted on Ruth's introduction thread, she's obviously not taken in by him though