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12-01-2007, 11:17 PM | #1 |
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Influx of Spam
Does anyone know why there's been such a drastic influx of spam lately? It's getting ridiculous...
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12-02-2007, 12:18 AM | #2 |
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>.> Spam? I don't... know anything about any.... spam. <.< >.> o.o |
12-02-2007, 01:39 AM | #3 | |
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Seriously, I dont know why it's all coming in now, but I want it to go away.
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12-02-2007, 03:34 AM | #4 |
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12-02-2007, 05:30 AM | #5 |
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I wouldn't say drastic, though. It's been like this for over a year. Everyday at least a few spam-posts get deleted. I just spent the last three nights sifting through a year's worth of over 1000 registered spammers and wiping them all out. (And cackling madly while deleting them, of course.) And I've only halved the present amount so far.
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12-02-2007, 07:50 PM | #6 |
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hm...maybe there were just a few that i actually saw before being deleted than, because i've seen a bunch lately, especially yesterday, which is why i posted this.
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12-07-2007, 01:05 AM | #7 |
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Ooh, I haven't seen a spammer in days now!
I installed an add-on to the software, and now all would-be registrants must correctly identify Frodo's last name before they can sign up. Guess the spambots aren't well-versed in literature
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03-31-2008, 08:46 PM | #8 |
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Yup lots of spam. I log on after a long absence and find an advertisement for buddhism in my PM inbox. I can't find the guy on the memberlist so apparently he was already booted for spam.
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03-31-2008, 11:10 PM | #9 |
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04-01-2008, 05:04 AM | #10 |
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Yes, nice seeing you again, Huorn.
But wait, you've got spam mail in your entmoot inbox? I don't think any of them have done that before.
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04-01-2008, 09:41 AM | #11 |
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I wonder if it has anything to do with the administrative bulletin we received a couple months ago. The one about the server re-allocation?
I'm not much of a techie though. Earniel, Hobbit, Ben (if you're around)... do any of you guys know anything about it?
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04-01-2008, 09:49 AM | #12 |
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Just BTW, whatever changes you guys did for your prank here are making everything REALLY slow.
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04-01-2008, 09:52 AM | #13 |
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so..i logged in for the prank ..what is it?
the prank that there is no prank today? That's a dull one - i know the buy-out star trek one caused some problems last year - but i thought that was classic! so...what gives? best BB Last edited by Butterbeer : 04-01-2008 at 09:53 AM. |
04-01-2008, 09:51 AM | #14 |
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Just out of curiosity, did anybody change the rule to 130 seconds instead of 90 as a prank?
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04-01-2008, 10:04 AM | #15 |
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buy out Star Trek from last year? Did I miss something? I know I was around, because Jonathans avvie was funny...
Yikes! Sas, you were right it's 130 seconds now! *faints*
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04-02-2008, 02:17 PM | #16 |
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The spam is dated last August. I already deleted it.
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04-02-2008, 06:15 PM | #17 |
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Most curious, usually all they do is post spam threads. But it's first time I hear of them sending PM's as well.
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04-12-2008, 11:35 AM | #18 |
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I thought it really odd to receive a spam PM. The guy is not on the memberlist anywhere, so it is not an issue anymore.
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04-15-2010, 10:21 AM | #19 |
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Erm. Might want to check out the odd posts in the Lord of the Rings Books forum. Some of them look like the poster just noted key words, searched for something and pasted it in from some kind of wiki site about movies or something - see the 25 years in Moria thread.
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04-15-2010, 01:31 PM | #20 |
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Yeah, we've had a couple of spammers just like that lately. We'll get him sorted out in no time.
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