SPAM ON THE FORUM

[oowebb]

Private Message: Re: Oowebb
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/images/statusicon/post_old.gif 17th January 2008, 09:53
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Re: Oowebb
Hi,I'm new here, how's it going?"Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: it transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural & spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things as a meaningful unity" - Albert Einstein---Jeannettehttp://jeannette.freewebspace.com
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Is a moderator able to sort out this person who has sent the above pm to me today?

Thanks.

N

[JG53_Volto]

I've received the same PM from the same sender--

Regards
Alessandro

[Theodor]

I received exactly the same and was looking for a Moderator to report! Exactly the same spam message.

[aeroeng]

I got the same thing.

[oowebb]

Quick question! Who are the moderators??!

[Covey22]

I received it as well. I sent a message to the Webmaster by using the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of each page, which sends you to a feedback form. The subject line of the offending message changes, depending on who you ask. Recommend you cut and paste the account being used and add that person to your Ignore List.

[Smithy]

I got one as well.

Hopefully there won't be more.

[Smith]

Ditto - I forwarded it to Ruy, arguably unnecesarily. I wouldn't mind betting it's widespread.

[Grandien]

I didnt know I was a member on this forum untill I recieved that spam!

[Christer Engdahl]

I have PM'ed Ruy Horta and Nick Beale about this. It's been a few days since Ruy was here but Nick was here earlier today. According to "Who's Online", Jeanette is currently active "Private Messaging".

Christer

[ChrisS]

I had it too.

Load of Tosh.

John 3:16

[Christer Engdahl]

Jeannette has now been suspended ... :) ... !

Christer

[Esther]

I got it, too.

Esther

[Ruy Horta]

My apologies for the slow reaction (spare time now much absorbed by lovely little baby boy - Luca), but this is the first time a spammer used PM to spread his/her message.

I'll have to look into the best way to curb this type of activity, but it will be difficult to block completely. Sending me a PM is best, sending e-mail to my forum domain account is not (I will be changing/blocking that E-mail address soon due to, yes ironic, spamming).

Most people limit their PM activity to a couple of messages daily, so the best cure would be to limit the number of PMs you can send per minute / hour.

Nick Beal and John Beaman can only monitor and act when spammers are active on the forum, once PM is involved it is purely my responsibility.

[oowebb]

Thanks Ruy!

Nick.

[Fabio RAF]

Thanks :)

Fabio

[Foute Man]

I believe Jeannette has had a sex change and is called Jessie now......

[Pilot]

On one very large forum where I am moderator, members have limitation in sending PM. Simply if they don't reach some number of post they could not send PM. Maybe this could have effect here as well on any other forum.

[pbhawkin]

Hi all,
I just received the same PM today from Jesse and deleted it and added them to my ignore list BUT like other Spammers can they have some form of probationary period prior to posting or PM'ing?

Regards
Peter

[John Beaman]

Nick and I regularly "moderate" the forum, but we do miss things. We usually do not completely remove a post (which we can do) so Ruy can look at its source for blocking the sender. However this is difficult as they come through multiple hosts and IPs. We'll get them eventually.

[admin]

We've upgraded to the latest version of vBulletin, which adds a few extra tools to combat SPAM.

The registration routine has been set accordingly, using ReCAPTA as the Human Verification Option.

All moderators can now ban users for spamming.