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Postby nickburt » Sun Jun 14, 2009 8:50 pm

Looks like there was some serious smapping of the forum over the weekend.
Is there some anti spamming software that can be added to stop the disgusting posts ??

Maybe a few more moderators needed to help keep on top of it ?
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Re: Spam posts etc...

Postby nickburt » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:30 am

Yet more last night - this is getting bad ..... :o :(
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Re: Spam posts etc...

Postby Terranosaurus » Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:15 am

I come on here at least once a day (often more - I just go aling and refresh all my forum tabs) to see if theres anything fresh, if you need a mod to do stuff like this I'd be happy to do it. I'm a moderator on 2 forums and run my own forum too so am quite happy using the software.
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Re: Spam posts etc...

Postby nickburt » Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:42 pm

Terranosaurus wrote:I come on here at least once a day (often more - I just go aling and refresh all my forum tabs) to see if theres anything fresh, if you need a mod to do stuff like this I'd be happy to do it. I'm a moderator on 2 forums and run my own forum too so am quite happy using the software.



Hmmm ... 7 new members since last Friday - all of which are posting spam.
Ditto with mod on other forums and daily visiting (need something to do at smoko !!!) etc ... willing to offer any help ...
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Re: Spam posts etc...

Postby tpb4x4 » Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:01 pm

Sorry about them, they're a pain aren't they :( :oops: I have now changed the registration process slightly to stop this! Once people register I will receive an email and then I can say 'yay' or 'ney' to them :) :)
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Re: Spam posts etc...

Postby nickburt » Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:37 pm

tpb4x4 wrote:Sorry about them, they're a pain aren't they :( :oops: I have now changed the registration process slightly to stop this! Once people register I will receive an email and then I can say 'yay' or 'ney' to them :) :)


Sounds good.
Offer is still there if any help is needed :)
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Re: Spam posts etc...

Postby Sylvia » Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:10 pm

I visited the forum on Saturday and wondered whether I had mistyped anything as every area almost had been spammed. I thought someone had played a practical joke at first.
They must have something set up to do this automatically as all posts seemed to be within a minute of each other. Shame they don't have something better to do with their lives. (like get out more !) :roll: :roll:
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Re: Spam posts etc...

Postby davemud » Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:34 pm

Have been reporting them as soon as they aper perhaps a couple of mods could move them
to a hidden section on the site then removed and ip address blocked ASAP

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