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All-Purpose OWF Discussions => General Outdoor Furnace Discussion => Topic started by: ijon on May 14, 2014, 03:59:58 AM

Title: Spam
Post by: ijon on May 14, 2014, 03:59:58 AM
Its a dam shame that you can't use the next button on the forum, because of that useless spammer.
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: mlappin on May 14, 2014, 07:11:34 AM
Yup, spammer needs to take a dirt nap
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: 12valve on May 14, 2014, 07:47:54 AM
is there no admin. on this forum that can clean all this crap up?  If no one is checking in, why not give the power to one of the regulars?
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: Sloppy_Snood on May 14, 2014, 10:54:05 AM
Gentlemen,,,, the SPAMMER(s) are not people.  They are automated "Spam-Bots" (automated computer programs).  No real life person to blame other than the programmer. ;)
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: NaturallyAspirated on May 14, 2014, 12:13:53 PM
The admin should be able to tighten up new member signup with stiffer captcha.

Neal
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: 12valve on May 14, 2014, 01:03:02 PM
Gentlemen,,,, the SPAMMER(s) are not people.  They are automated "Spam-Bots" (automated computer programs).  New real life person to blame other than the programmer. ;)

I don't care where they come from.  It doesn't seem like it would be that hard to delete them.  The problem is no one has the power.  Also I am on other forums and have never seen this issue.
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: Sloppy_Snood on May 14, 2014, 08:03:36 PM
I don't care where they come from.  It doesn't seem like it would be that hard to delete them.  The problem is no one has the power.  Also I am on other forums and have never seen this issue.
That's fine but you have to understand what they are (Spam-Bots) in order to prevent them.  ;)

Naturally Aspirated already posted one solution.  The new member signup/registration is "where they get in the house."  Until that security is tightened (via CAPTCHA and other means), get used to the spam.  No one wants to patrol the site for deleting those bogus threads.
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: NaturallyAspirated on May 14, 2014, 08:16:08 PM
I see adding the user to the ignore list doesn't remove the started threads, only posts within a thread.  Boo!

Neal
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: mlappin on May 14, 2014, 09:34:07 PM
I don't care where they come from.  It doesn't seem like it would be that hard to delete them.  The problem is no one has the power.  Also I am on other forums and have never seen this issue.
That's fine but you have to understand what they are (Spam-Bots) in order to prevent them.  ;)

Naturally Aspirated already posted one solution.  The new member signup/registration is "where they get in the house."  Until that security is tightened (via CAPTCHA and other means), get used to the spam.  No one wants to patrol the site for deleting those bogus threads.

Doesn't take that long. Click "show unread posts" spam bots will show up every time. On the other site I help admin I click "show new content". If the admins miss something the members send us a PM.
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: farmboythegreat on May 15, 2014, 04:45:01 AM
its been Jeffreylit  for a long time  now
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: mlappin on May 18, 2014, 08:15:02 PM
Not sure we have any moderators, just one admin.

Click on "Members" above right under the site logo then click on "position". I've found one admin, and one global moderator that has "2" posts.
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: mlappin on May 19, 2014, 07:03:00 AM
Seem to have grabbed another besides jeffreylit
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: Sprinter on May 19, 2014, 08:28:23 PM
Sending the admin reports or PM's gets zero response. This is the only forum I know of which has such monitoring.
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: farmboythegreat on June 10, 2014, 09:09:28 AM
ahhh  good to see   StanleyFads  and RobertBit get the weekend off 
Title: Re: Spam
Post by: capitalpyro on June 24, 2014, 02:40:23 PM
SMF software allows easy editing of spam bots. Just delete the user name and all associated posts.

Through admin/users/delete user  you will see this. Very simple

The admin can look at these posts to try and stop spammers from registering. Lots of different things here.

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=484920.msg3395478#msg3395478 (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=484920.msg3395478#msg3395478)
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=438379.msg3078935#msg3078935 (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=438379.msg3078935#msg3078935)



Title: Re: Spam
Post by: franky1 on June 24, 2014, 02:50:25 PM
LOL  probably the government doing the spam cause of all the government talk.........just a thought,,never know nowadays.......