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Title: Trash
Post by: saltydog on June 23, 2011, 06:48:19
It's time to get rid of trash again.. (our "friends" are back)  ;)

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Title: Re: Trash
Post by: vin_sun on June 23, 2011, 07:40:27
Yeah Salty ......... I have been removing his posts , but they seem to be like popcorn !!

We will have to tolerate it until Fred the Hangman arrives !!!  ;D
Title: Re: Trash
Post by: saltydog on June 23, 2011, 08:33:55
Not even Fred knows how to deal with it, as he keeps changing his IP-adress..
 Best to ignore him..  ;)
Title: Re: Trash
Post by: Third Mate on June 23, 2011, 09:25:32
Quote from: saltydog on June 23, 2011, 08:33:55
Not even Fred knows how to deal with it, as he keeps changing his IP-adress..
 Best to ignore him..  ;)

I can Imagine a lot of work there for ol' reliable Fred  ;D

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Title: Re: Trash
Post by: saltydog on June 23, 2011, 11:40:51
Yes, I hope someone puts an end to this nonsense..
Title: Re: Trash
Post by: The Ferry Man on June 23, 2011, 12:24:28
I still say have the first ten posts moderated before showing up - simple way to deal with spammers  :)

Brittany Ferries Enthusiasts do it
Title: Re: Trash
Post by: Mad_Fred on June 23, 2011, 14:02:19
Quote from: saltydog on June 23, 2011, 08:33:55
Not even Fred knows how to deal with it, as he keeps changing his IP-adress..
 Best to ignore him..  ;)

Just FYI, this is not one person.  ;D

Afghanistan is just the first country on the list, so they default to that as their place of residence, since these dont take the time to fully fill in their profile, or, are not even able to.

Cause it's just always some spambot or otherwise semi automated attempt to get some advertising in.

The way to deal with it is as we are doing, with a special net in place to catch them. Since that went live we have caught over 4000 spammers already that no one has fortunately seen anything posted from. But the odd one that hasn't been registered anywhere yet as being a spammer, will get through.

When that happens all you can do is just take care of that one as well, and it's then added to the list of bad guys.

But please remember, this is not one guy from Afghanistan, not even 4000 guys from Afghanistan, that has nothing to do with it. It's just new attempts each time, from many many of these nasty 'people'. The country matters not.

Each one that comes through gets moderated, reported, and then gets 'the treatment', meaning a sharp stinging kick with the old steel-toed boot, but you can never keep them all out. And moderating the first ten posts, well.. that would require much more work than booting a few spammers of the forum each couple of days to be honest. Worth taking into consideration perhaps, who knows.  :)

But if everyone just reports them, then the staff will take care of it!

Regards,
Fred
Title: Re: Trash
Post by: saltydog on June 24, 2011, 12:57:50
Good to hear you're on the case.. :)
If it's ok, future incidents can be reported here..
Title: Re: Trash
Post by: mvsmith on June 24, 2011, 17:56:11
That’s the reason for those funky letters that you need to recognize when registering on some sites.
Title: Re: Trash
Post by: The Ferry Man on June 24, 2011, 17:58:52
Quote from: mvsmith on June 24, 2011, 17:56:11
That’s the reason for those funky letters that you need to recognize when registering on some sites.

I have found on some sites they make the font so odd and put so much lines on the letters  it can be hard to read  :doh:

But yeah maybe a simple maths question...