I will do this. I'll resurrect the old thread which discussed the potential mods.
stopping the spammers
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I will do this. I'll resurrect the old thread which discussed the potential mods.
I like this idea, I'll see if I can make it happen.
Thanks for reporting them all. I think I found them all. I had multiple pages and pages of email to sift through because of all the reported spam. I'm home now, so it's easier to manage.
Maybe because I mentioned it in another thread. I didn't think they were that smart, so maybe it was someone here who doesn't like the forum.
Unless usajoe is one of them, the recent spammers seem to be gone.
Someone in or from the Philippines? It seems unlikely, but what do I know?
timwhit
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Paugie is from the Philippines and he's not a spammer.
Stereodude
Not really a
So, uh we've had two more spammers overnight. Can we get the new measures in place ASAP?
Bozo
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Great!!! :-D
:lol: I think you are joking - a little.
One more update on the quest to reduce spam. I've enabled a plugin which communicates with a website I've been using for a while (manually) named stopforumspam. This is a repository of user names, email addresses, and IP addresses of spammers that people report after they've registered into their forums.
The plugin I added checks all three of those components when someone new registers into storageforum.net. If they are on that list, they are denied registration here.
If one gets through who is not on the list, I can add them to the list for others to benefit from. It won't be 100% solution, but it will help. It has been manually helping me to remove spammers before they post for a long time now. Now it'll be automated.
The plugin I added checks all three of those components when someone new registers into storageforum.net. If they are on that list, they are denied registration here.
If one gets through who is not on the list, I can add them to the list for others to benefit from. It won't be 100% solution, but it will help. It has been manually helping me to remove spammers before they post for a long time now. Now it'll be automated.
Sweet. Thanks Handruin!
Howell
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Very handy!
Since yesterday, this is what the log shows as having blocked spam users trying to register here using the new plugin. There is one in the list that wasn't blocked, but my assumption is that they didn't make it in because of the reCAPTCHA script.
The variety of blocking coming from ip, vs, email, vs username is interesting.
The variety of blocking coming from ip, vs, email, vs username is interesting.
Stereodude
Not really a
Careful... Merc might have you allow Gettingbackatsluts. 
Looks like a very useful tool indeed 
Stereodude
Not really a
But what should I do about the viruses' activities? ;-)
Stereodude
Not really a
I know that. :bleh:
My first visit isn't until 1600GMT most days, but I'm usually on until 0600GMT, which seems to be the "late shift" for most of our regulars.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I thought it was hilarious that "horse porn" had like 10 page views. You know, if you guys are THAT hard up I can send you all a little 2.5" drive full of regular naked women. The kind without horses.
Unless you wanted to see the horse part. In which case I can't help you.
Unless you wanted to see the horse part. In which case I can't help you.
Stereodude
Not really a
Well, I had to click on it in order to report it. :???:
If you want to report something but don't want to click in it because it's suspect to be bad, just copy the URL and send me a PM and I'll take care of it. I didn't even look in the thread, I just selected the check box next to it and deleted it.
One thought; could we allow editing in just the for sale section? I just reported a handful of posts because I am getting a lot more spam than usual lately and found my email across many forums via google. Every other forum I just edited the old post. It's pretty handy to be able to edit for sale posts as things sell too.