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smeezekitty
Joined: Tue Apr 20, 2010 1:39 pm Posts: 17
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Spam! Spam! Spam!
There are two members flooding the forums with spam and should be banned.
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Tue Apr 20, 2010 1:43 pm |
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Sharpner
Joined: Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:32 am Posts: 26
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Re: Spam! Spam! Spam!
these are no users, simply guests... if you would ban them they would post with another name
you gotta disable guest writing privileges
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 4:27 am |
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MTK358
Joined: Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:08 am Posts: 20
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Re: Spam! Spam! Spam!
Then why not disable guests being able to post?
This might be a nice OS dev forum, and I am in need of a good place to ask n00b questions about OS dev, but I am downright terrified. What if they post in a normal thread? What if you accidentally click on those spam threads about porn and medications?
It's really not that hard to register. Unlike other forums this one doesn't even ask for an activation email.
Why are you making this (maybe otherwise good) forum so scary and unpleasant?
Seriously, about 60% of the threads on Newbie Computer Theory are spam, porn, sex, and medication ads.
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:49 pm |
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Kieran
Site Admin
Joined: Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:44 am Posts: 274 Location: United Kingdom
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Re: Spam! Spam! Spam!
I hope to get Brendan or PHPnerd to sort this out.
I was under the impression that this had been sorted a long time ago.
_________________ Thank you for reading,
Kieran C G Foot
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Sun Apr 25, 2010 7:11 am |
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MTK358
Joined: Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:08 am Posts: 20
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Re: Spam! Spam! Spam!
I found that all the bad threads were gone.
But now they're coming back!
I wonder how, because I looked and it asks you to type what it says in a picture before you post as a guest. It the functionality broken, or are those real people posting that?
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Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:27 am |
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Kieran
Site Admin
Joined: Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:44 am Posts: 274 Location: United Kingdom
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Re: Spam! Spam! Spam!
They just register, post then leave I think... Or they just hack.
_________________ Thank you for reading,
Kieran C G Foot
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Sun Apr 25, 2010 4:18 pm |
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MTK358
Joined: Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:08 am Posts: 20
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Re: Spam! Spam! Spam!
If they're registered users, howcome they don't appear on the list of members and I can't add them to my ignore list?
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Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:08 pm |
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Kieran
Site Admin
Joined: Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:44 am Posts: 274 Location: United Kingdom
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Re: Spam! Spam! Spam!
Ok, Im now an Administrator and I will be taking the lead in sorting the forum's problems out.
First im erradicating the spam accounts.
_________________ Thank you for reading,
Kieran C G Foot
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Tue Apr 27, 2010 4:35 am |
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AndyEsser
Joined: Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:33 pm Posts: 38 Location: United Kingdom
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Re: Spam! Spam! Spam!
I check the forum pretty much everyday. I'm more than happy to delete these posts when I come across them if you give me the appropriate permissions.
_________________ Andy Esser neogenix Broadcast
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Wed Apr 28, 2010 12:07 pm |
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MTK358
Joined: Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:08 am Posts: 20
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Re: Spam! Spam! Spam!
I actually haven't seen a single spam thread since Kieran became an admin.
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Wed Apr 28, 2010 12:13 pm |
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