Ultimate shoulder rides

tweveked · 2008-08-13 15:50:28

[message deleted, user banned]

namaegaaru · 2008-08-13 16:10:42

Nick,

Request we ignore this person and that you delete this irrelevant spam and black list his name and email address from this website or he and others like him will take it away from us shoulder riding enthusiasts.

He is defying the posted rules and obviously disrespecting us all such that he merits no direct communication from any of us.

mastadon99 · 2008-08-13 18:03:40

Entirely agree with Sam-get rid of this trash-that is the last type of entry we want

Taurus

Nick · 2008-08-13 22:02:04

Taurus, Sam,

The message was sent by a spambot (a spamming software) and not a human. It has sent similar messages to other forums as well. There is no need to waste time and energy by posting comments, threads like this will be removed as soon as any of the administrators here discovers it.

I will soon implement a spambot prevention question on the registration page. Hopefully, those kinds of spambot messages will then be history.

gunde · 2008-08-13 22:32:32

Spambots are more than annoying and cause admins and mods a lot of extra work. As Nick said, we deal with these kind of messages as soon as one of us sees it.

Nick · 2008-08-13 22:59:35

I implemented now the anti-spambot prevention question:
"In which country does the olympics take place this year?"

I suspect that spambots are not interested in sports...

walter_berneburg · 2008-08-13 23:27:07

Nick wrote:
I implemented now the anti-spambot prevention question:
"In which country does the olympics take place this year?"

This question could involve problems if the new member type the right country not in English but in there locale name of the country.

Walter

namaegaaru · 2008-08-14 03:01:07

Nick wrote:
Taurus, Sam,

The message was sent by a spambot (a spamming software) and not a human. It has sent similar messages to other forums as well. There is no need to waste time and energy by posting comments, threads like this will be removed as soon as any of the administrators here discovers it.

I will soon implement a spambot prevention question on the registration page. Hopefully, those kinds of spambot messages will then be history.

Understood, Nick.

Thank you very for taking care of it promptly and decisively.

peater · 2008-08-14 03:08:43

isnt it possible to filter messages by keywords?

just keep the messages spammer write here and search for similar words in them such as "viagra" or "medical". flagged messages then dont get posted automatically and require moderator approve.

namaegaaru · 2008-08-14 15:33:45

Seems like a good idea. Words like "sex," "anal," and "f__K" could be keyed in on.

Nick · 2008-08-14 16:40:18

peater wrote:
isnt it possible to filter messages by keywords?

just keep the messages spammer write here and search for similar words in them such as "viagra" or "medical". flagged messages then dont get posted automatically and require moderator approve.

Yes, there are surely several ways to deal with this. If the current method will not work, we will consider other methods (such as the one you describe).

jz829w · 2008-08-15 10:41:50

I didn't even know the olympics were taking place this year, let alone where

peater · 2008-09-01 02:34:59

Moderators should take a look at this site:

http://akismet.com/ (New Window)

They offer a free solution to dealing with spamming bots in forums

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