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People who post spam should be:

Shot	3%	[ 1 ]
Shot	3%	[ 1 ]
Hung, drawn, and quartered	0%	[ 0 ]
Hung, drawn, and quartered	0%	[ 0 ]
Emasculated	3%	[ 1 ]
Emasculated	3%	[ 1 ]
Drowned in luke-warm tapioca	5%	[ 2 ]
Drowned in luke-warm tapioca	5%	[ 2 ]
All of the above	39%	[ 15 ]
All of the above	39%	[ 15 ]

Total votes : 38

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stevesh

Post subject: Spam in forum

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:36 am

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Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Sorry about the amount of spam hitting us, particularly the stuff with the explicit images attached. I'm deleting it as fast as I can.

I have no idea how the lowlives are managing to get in, there are several things in place to prevent spambots from registering. In the meantime, please try to ignore the rubbish and be understanding.

Thanks,

Steve

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stevesh

Post subject: Re: Spam in forum

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:25 am

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Hooray, the new forum software and stricter rules look like they've killed off the spambots!

Now we just wait for them to catch up again. :sweatdrop:

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phoenix

Post subject: Re: Spam in forum

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 11:11 am

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And ... it looks like they've caught up.

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stevesh

Post subject: Re: Spam in forum

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:21 pm

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So I see

I'll need to add one of those human questions...

Unfortunately, it is apparently sweatchops of humans in China who are now being used to break captchas, so this might be difficult.

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dragonbreath

Post subject: Re: Spam in forum

Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 1:17 pm

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Joined: Sun Apr 19, 2009 12:37 am
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Suggestion...pre-approve every new account.

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stevesh

Post subject: Re: Spam in forum

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:09 pm

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jonsmart

Post subject: Re: Spam in forum

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 2:54 pm

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Location: Tulsa OK

I know this won't help for the human spammers but I recently saw a "video" anti-spam feature that played an advertisement while you read the anti-spam characters. I don't know if that was because it was free or because it was monetized by the forum.

Sorry I don't remember exactly where I saw it.

Just a thought...I know you are trying hard to keep them out. I just joined and am poking around to see what all is here and came across this.

Jon

OK I just found it... it was nuCaptcha at http://www.nucaptcha.com/

Hope that helps.

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stevesh

Post subject: Re: Spam in forum

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 2:57 pm

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Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Most (all?) of the forum spam seems to come from the spam-farms in China -- all humans. Even custom spam questions dont stop them (though they stop the automated general scripts).

What seems to be working now is blacklisting *@yahoo.* and *@hotmail.com email addresses. There are a few other domains in China to block but its working

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eknywork

Post subject: Re: Spam in forum

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:51 am

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thank you very much for eliminating yahoo, and hotmail accounts - this will help a lot

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darkmite83

Post subject: Re: Spam in forum

Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:57 pm

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I used to have a hotmail and yahoo account and gosh there were tons of spams always entering into my inbox every single day. I have switched to gmail account now, less spam. keep up the good work steve!

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