Spam posters
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Slugz
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I'm not a computer tech savy/software dude, but I did sleep in a Holiday in last night
Id be interested how these other forums are keeping them out. Security upgrade? Software?
buckbull
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I know some have locked out all ip addresses from certain countries.I'm not a computer tech savy/software dude, but I did sleep in a Holiday in last night
Id be interested how these other forums are keeping them out. Security upgrade? Software?
JimP
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I'm a mod on some other forums and have found that you need to stay on top of them to keep them out.I'm not a computer tech savy/software dude, but I did sleep in a Holiday in last night
Id be interested how these other forums are keeping them out. Security upgrade? Software?
Once they start posting and find that the post stays up for a few days that the spam will explode afterwards.
I've been unfortunate to have to stay around the house and not get out much once I returned from Africa and have been able to get on a lot of spammers within hours of them posting to keep them off of the other forums, but it takes time to do it. I have found that those forums that the spam filters may be set a little tighter than here. I think that just to the number of then that need approval before their post even hit the forums along with their IP, email address, and a few other things being flagged by the forum software.
Another trick that the spammers are using is to create a account and the post nonsense in the forums. Replies like "great idea", "that's what I'd do", and other nonsense. Then once they get their post up they will slam the forums. We watched one spammer actually post replies for a year and his post count was well over 100 before he hit the classifieds with fake for sale items and contacting other members that were selling items.
It's a never ending job.
RICMIC
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I ate two cans of SPAM on my recent hunting trip...I'm not tech savy either, but I help out where I can.
(shrug) don't like em , don't click on em. problem solved. I don't know why folks get so worked up over it? it is not as if they are difficult to identify.
JimP
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Come on Eastman's,you have to tighten up the spam control on the site.
Either that or rename it to Eastman's Gummies
Either that or rename it to Eastman's Gummies
Colorado Cowboy
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Colorado Cowboy
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mallardsx2
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Seems to me that there could be a forum where the first post of any new user goes strictly to an introductory forum. Basically, new users would only be allowed to post 1 post until the moderator approves them.
Then after moderator review, you can select a button approving them that would allow them to post to the main forum. Or at that point you could delete their account. This could allow you to potentially catch these spam posters before they make it to the general forums.
I am sure you guys have thought of about everything by this point in time though.
Then after moderator review, you can select a button approving them that would allow them to post to the main forum. Or at that point you could delete their account. This could allow you to potentially catch these spam posters before they make it to the general forums.
I am sure you guys have thought of about everything by this point in time though.
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JimP
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If it is a new post we will usually see it, but if it is embedded into a thread we have a hard time seeing it. So if it is just a new post we will see it and take care of it.
You have to remember that we have to sleep so the spam is usually cleaned up by this time in the morning once we see it. If I check it in the middle of the night I can take care of quite a bit of it
You have to remember that we have to sleep so the spam is usually cleaned up by this time in the morning once we see it. If I check it in the middle of the night I can take care of quite a bit of it
Please don’t report when they are on the New Posts or What’s New, only when you see them within threads.
Like Jim said we are working on getting these spammers removed throughout the night but we will Have times we will miss. On the norm you guys don’t see much but when situations like last night that we all happen to have a good nights sleep so you get to see the mess of spam we are dealing with!
Thanks for everyone’s patience!