Spammers...sorry guys!

[cjd-player]

Glad it's working, Josh.

Thanks again.

[Gutch]

On the AGF, there is a similar system where people apply and then wait in queue for approval from the mods.  When I was one over there,it was fairly easy to pick out the spammers from their email address.  When that didn't work or if there was a suspicious email, you can do an IP address look up to confirm their legitimacy.  Between the two, we caught almost all the spammers pretty consistently...

[michaelw]

What were they selling?

   

& it wasn't even the genuine stuff either ...
some cheap, knock-off soy-based product, made overseas 

[cotten]

... Between the two, we caught almost all the spammers pretty consistently...

It amazes me that some still get through. They go to all kinds of lengths electronically, and have even been known to post a few "legitimate" times before hawking their wares. When that happens, they're gone ASAP, no questions asked. There is no grace period for spammers.

I suppose that there must be somebody who actually sends spammers money, or they would all starve or find something better to do with their time. And ours!

cotten

[jalbert]

there must be somebody who actually sends spammers money, or they would all starve or find something better to do with their time

Yes, I am sure they were promised money to do what they do.

[michaelw]

facebook remanfactured engines & acai berry jelly 
PM, er report sent

Josh, i forgot to ask you how was the movie & what did you go see

[e8n]

Turn on administrative approval.  You can search the email addresses and there are plenty of sites out there that will tell you if the addresses are spam or not.  Also SMF has an option to block addresses.  I can send you my list if you'd like.

-Dave

[DMBfan41]

& it wasn't even the genuine stuff either ...
some cheap, knock-off soy-based product, made overseas 

That's no way to talk about the Kardashian sisters.

[michaelw]

& it wasn't even the genuine stuff either ...
some cheap, knock-off soy-based product, made overseas 

That's no way to talk about the Kardashian sisters.

you're right
i apologize ... a thousand pardons, kind sir

that discussion will be moved to the 'salle marriage highly recommended' thread

[DMBfan41]

you're right
i apologize ... a thousand pardons, kind sir

that discussion will be moved to the 'salle marriage highly recommended' thread

Nice.

I tend to consider most all entertainment industry news these equivalent to spamming.

[not darth]

there must be somebody who actually sends spammers money, or they would all starve or find something better to do with their time

Yes, I am sure they were promised money to do what they do.

 
-K

[dcarey]

Well, if members see a spammer, the "report to moderator" button can help speed things up.
It also helps to have mods spread out into the different time zones to catch things as fast as possible.
If you need another mod, put my name on the list.

Dan

[Jack Gretz]

I have this exact problem on the Tom Anderson forum. www.andersonforum.com  I have switch to a manual approval and also a encrypted message that a robot can not manipulate. It is a lot of work to stay on top of it but if you don't it will get out of hand on you. The other thing that we did was to ban all throw away accounts. No yahoo gmail hotmail accounts etc. It does upset some people but in the long run it has proven to be a blessing.

[michaelw]

hi Jack,
the encrypted message is good idea, i believe, & there is a way to identify & block suspect e-mail 'blocks',
but banning certain e-mail accounts altogether most likely will not completely solve the issue, as there are
ways to still use those accounts & make it appear to be that the source is coming from somewhere else -
manual approval is most likely the best way because it is much easier to deal with at that point, rather than
having to go back & delete threads, accounts & block users (more 'pro-active' & less work in the long run, imho)

[e8n]

The encrypted messages have now been cracked by the spammers.  The only way to handle it is looking up each email address.  You can also look for duplicate IP addresses and generally throw those out as well.

-Dave