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Mal
2007 June 4th, 08:45
We are slowly getting more spammers registering, and immediately posting their slimy websites.

- Step one of the anti-spam measures is to start email verification, which now has been implemented.
Anyone registering (required in order to post) will now have to verify their email address.

- Step two will see an increase in moderators to faster take care of spam. This will probably happen within the next few weeks/months.

- Step three will see every new member being moderated first, and that will be implemented if the spamming continues.

Spamming will not be tolerated, and any spam message will be promtly dealt with.

In the meantime I ask every member to report suspicious posts or obvious spam using the REPORT POST feature (the little triangular warning sign underneath the user's name in each post).

Regards,
your friendly SPAM fighting team (of one)

Rikki
2007 June 4th, 18:13
Get the equivelant of bbantispam for phpbb.

I've had it running on my forum and its not a single spammer in over the last 6 months!

Mal
2007 June 4th, 21:54
Yeah, I have now looked for something like that based on your recommendation, and found something that would work, but it will take a few hours to install and set up (runs automatically after that of course).
I'll do it though, once I get around to it...

Thanks Rikki for the suggestion...

crewe1000
2007 June 5th, 06:44
your friendly SPAM fighting team (of one)

You must need help if you have managed that number of posts.:hv20-smilie87:

Mal
2007 June 5th, 06:54
Luckily we have now a few more moderators to take care of things.

Phew.... :)

John Watson
2007 June 16th, 13:38
Good luck Mal - I HATE spammers.

I signed up to what I thought was a genuine MP3 site recently, trying to get hold on an Adventures album that no one else had. After putting my email details in I got a message saying the only way of purchasing songs was by 'gift certificate' so I exited the site - but now I'm getting 2-3 spam emails a day about various size increasing treatments I could get! Sooo annoying! I would like to put a sledge hammer through the computer of the people sending this crap out..