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Fall, the season for SPAM

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#1 ·
We have been receiving a lot of spam in the last two days----

If you want some it's free:laughing:

Thanks to all who have been pushing the red! report button---

----Mike-------
 
#41 ·
Do you allow new users to post immediately? On the other forum I am at, new users must have two approved posts before the general public can see them instantly. They could post 50 times but until a mod approves two of them none of them can be seen.
 
#45 ·
If you think the mods are busy now? That would really tax them....but....it might be an option.....

Maybe they could add some "Jr Mods"....one for each board that could review new members 1st post...and then flag those that look suspecious.....

I think we all have a vested interest in keeping the spammers off here....

One of the newer methods....

Newbi posts a question about something...

Another newbi comes along saying he tried the same thing and raves about how wonderful it is....

A 3rd newbi comes along....saying he has been using said product for some time....

Funny...they all joined that day....what are the odds.....I flagged it....and was right...all had the same IP address.

It's so much fun.....

I almost enjoy the spam hunt more than reading the 'normal' posts...
 
#46 ·
Requiring 2 post to be approved by mods could/would tend to turn some valid new members away. Along with Admin getting a lot more emails asking why they were not allowed to post/or their post aren't being displayed/answered.

At the other site I'm at. The Admin was over whelmed from people emailing him when the spamomatic was set to sensitive and almost every new member was being banned as a spammer. Now he only gets 10 or so a week.
 
#48 ·
It has an auto ability. Scans new members IPs. And will not allow ones with suspect IPs. Admin can activate it or not. Plus can set sensitivity for other things.

It has a lot of features a mod doesn't necessarily have access to.
 
#53 ·
All 20 times.

Its not unusual to get several reports on the same spam post. On the Email we receive we see the post title, thread title, and the full post number(EG: 1055708), so we can tell from the report that its the same one being reported.
 
#55 ·
Don't need to do anything extra when the same post is reported multiple times. Other then you open the email reports. So its not a big deal.

Its getting close to black Friday, so extra spam is not a surprise.
 
#58 ·
I run a vb forum the same size as this one and rarely have a spammer get through. I'm not sure who the admin is, but if they want to talk about what I do, just pm me. I can share my IP ban list also, it's quite extensive and I have a technique for updating it that works really well.

I helped the Hoosier Mountain Bike Association harden their site against spammers as well.
 
#61 ·
If you reply to the spammer we have to delete your post before we can delete the spammer's, then we have yo go back and ban the spammer, double work.
 
#62 ·
You shouldn't have to delete later posts to delete a spam post. Click the checkboxes by the posts you want to delete, hit moderation tools at the bottom of thread and delete them all at once.

The best bet though is not to ban the spammers but to delete the user then add their IP address into the ban list. Once you get 2 IPs with the first 2 or 3 octets the same, ban that entire subnet. Say you get 23.34.45.56 and 23.34.45.87, you can pretty much be assured that 23.34.45.xxx is not needed so you put 23.34.45 in the ban list to block the entire subnet. Keep the IP ban list in numerical order so it's easy to work with down the road. Eventually you have a list that blocks spammers but not real users from even registering.
 
#64 · (Edited)
You all must get something tremendous in advertising appeal if you want to let the newbies stretch out their new existence to the point they can spit forth links and spam. If it were possible, and given their IP addresses were showing up on sites that track spammers, trolls and all? Why would you discourage your people from taking them out? Or those of us who like your site for that matter and know you will never come up with a real spammer or troll killing prize.

American Express gives you 2 more ads even if you add only 30,000 bogus newbies in December? And then we, your loyal site visitors sort it out for you when they are embedded. Nice PR strategy I guess. Not without danger you know.
 
#65 ·
When a person is band, he doesn't show as a count on the new members list. This isn't our forum, it is your forum, we are just members like you are, we just can ban a bad guy. We don't like to see the forum cluttered up with all the garbage either.:)
 
#67 ·
I'm rather enjoying the spam hunt....

I'm seeing a new tactic....

spammers post into an existing thread....so now I'm looking at on going threads to see if a spammer is trying....

What I fail to see is what their intent is.....like, who among us is going to patronize their business....
 
#69 ·
If you start a tread like "has anyone tried the new ultra light mud from USG" or "has anyone tried such and such product from say trim tex " is this considered spam or trolling. Everyone must be eating, not much going on thought might be a good time to ask.
 
#71 ·
Hey, y'all hold down all that smacking and slurping going on out there, and chew with your mouth shut, I'm trying to get my Social Security nap here already. Man that turkey sure was good.
 
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