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Re: Spam
videogametrader:
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--- Quote from: DarkDen84 on October 22, 2013, 04:40:05 AM ---There's spam and then theres that!!!!, just total jiberish, and all this when the new anti-spam stuff comes in, it's like they know the perfect time to troll..... ;D
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No anti spam stuff - that was a 2 year old topic that got bumped because of.....spam
The recent spam infiltration is to do with the registration process. Read the red notice at the top of the page.
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Maybe we should go back to approving all registrations.
Arseen:
--- Quote from: videogametrader on October 22, 2013, 06:50:45 AM ---Maybe we should go back to approving all registrations.
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This would be my vote.
It's not the spammers who come, spam and go, but the lurking spammers who slow down the site.
AxelSteelBMX:
If I had to guess, I'd wager the current approval system went into place on the 18th.
Dat chronologically-sorted Member List. Sigh.
Arseen:
--- Quote from: AxelSteelBMX on October 22, 2013, 10:27:36 AM ---If I had to guess, I'd wager the current approval system went into place on the 18th.
Dat chronologically-sorted Member List. Sigh.
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Correct guess.
Snowcone:
--- Quote from: videogametrader on October 22, 2013, 06:50:45 AM ---Maybe we should go back to approving all registrations.
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This resulted in many new eager members having their accounts deleted 2-3 times before getting in. This meant angry emails to the admins and many times to me directly. I'm prepping us to move to a different forum software so I'm hoping that helps minimize future spam too.