To spam or not to spam

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Re: To spam or not to spam

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spam: prem123
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Re: To spam or not to spam

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I just realized: why not use the forum built-in 'report' functionality instead of this thread?
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Re: To spam or not to spam

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This isn't for spam reporting. I hope that mods aren't deleting accounts based on this thread. This is a game to guess if someone is or is not a spammer. :/ Maybe we should retire this thread?

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Re: To spam or not to spam

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MattKingUSA wrote:This isn't for spam reporting. I hope that mods aren't deleting accounts based on this thread. This is a game to guess if someone is or is not a spammer. :/ Maybe we should retire this thread?
you're right, nice game, I almost forgot :) ;)

keep the thread alive as a game! :)
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Re: To spam or not to spam

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There is a lot appearing on here of late. Does anyone clear that up?
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Re: To spam or not to spam

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can we kick out jeanr54 ? thanks.
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Re: To spam or not to spam

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there are many mods for the forum that could be added:
http://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/modif ... nti+spam-9

this one for example disallow URLs befor x posts:
http://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/d ... e_x_posts/

or this one, admin can specify specific groups/users to allow the posting of url links:
http://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/a ... 28b569e4d8
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Re: To spam or not to spam

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thorgal wrote:can we kick out jeanr54 ? thanks.
+1 and soon please. He's got 16 posts and growing by now. I've flagged many of them, but I'd rather read posts than police the forum.
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Re: To spam or not to spam

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Remember, this is a game...

josh24, only one post (until now):

I wouldn't be surprised if he will edit his post some days (or weeks) in the future.

Ciao Martin
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Re: To spam or not to spam

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There's a hidden link in his signature.
Don't these people have a life?
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Re: To spam or not to spam

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spm_gl wrote:There's a hidden link in his signature.
I didn't see it - maybe a lot of his victims will do also - because it's hidden. :?
Not very clever.
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Re: To spam or not to spam

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horo wrote:
spm_gl wrote:There's a hidden link in his signature.
I didn't see it - maybe a lot of his victims will do also - because it's hidden. :? Not very clever.
I think they're trying to improve its google rating, not targeting direct clicks.
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Re: To spam or not to spam

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The spammers have been getting pretty sophisticated lately.
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Re: To spam or not to spam

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Hey thanks everybody who's been flagging spam on the boards it makes things easy!

-Matt :D

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