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Notices, Help With Problems and Your Forum Ideas... => Forum Ideas and Problems. => Topic started by: Tank on July 22, 2024, 03:57:43 PM

Title: Spammer
Post by: Tank on July 22, 2024, 03:57:43 PM
Thanks for all of the reports.  Naughty Boris isn't allowed on here anymore.   :D
Title: Re: Spammer
Post by: Tank on July 24, 2024, 09:34:18 AM
A handful more in the last 24 hours.  I've changed one of the security questions for new registrations, so hopefully that will put off any new accounts by the spammers for a while.   :-\
Title: Re: Spammer
Post by: Newportnobby on August 15, 2024, 03:38:37 PM
Thanks to those reporting these spammers. The Mod team cannot be on tap 24/7 so all help is gratefully received
Title: Re: Spammer
Post by: emjaybee on August 16, 2024, 10:47:28 AM
Quote from: Newportnobby on August 15, 2024, 03:38:37 PMThanks to those reporting these spammers. The Mod team cannot be on tap 24/7 so all help is gratefully received

Eh?

Wot?

What have I missed?
Title: Re: Spammer
Post by: dannyboy on August 16, 2024, 02:21:33 PM
This is one of the 'offenders' -
https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?msg=836062

Of course, spam, apart from being a meat delicacy (?), is just somebody reading maps backwards.
Title: Re: Spammer
Post by: Newportnobby on September 18, 2024, 01:46:55 PM
Today I've banned 3 x bots and we seem to be under attack.
It's impossible for the Mod team to read everything so should you see something you believe to be 'not right' then please use the 'Report to Moderator' function found under 'More' at the bottom of each post

 :thankyousign:
Title: Re: Spammer
Post by: AdeV on September 19, 2024, 11:15:09 PM
Quote from: Newportnobby on September 18, 2024, 01:46:55 PMToday I've banned 3 x bots and we seem to be under attack.
It's impossible for the Mod team to read everything so should you see something you believe to be 'not right' then please use the 'Report to Moderator' function found under 'More' at the bottom of each post

 :thankyousign:

If it's anything like the attack one of the forums I look after suffered a week or so ago - you'd be better just shutting registration down for a few days...  I think someone got themselves a hard-drive full of email addresses & just went to town.
Title: Re: Spammer
Post by: emjaybee on September 20, 2024, 12:13:08 PM
Quote from: Newportnobby on September 18, 2024, 01:46:55 PMToday I've banned 3 x bots and we seem to be under attack.
It's impossible for the Mod team to read everything so should you see something you believe to be 'not right' then please use the 'Report to Moderator' function found under 'More' at the bottom of each post

 :thankyousign:

Ahhhhhhhhhh    ten           shuNNN

Under attack you say, {harumph, harumph}...

...gentlemen & ladies...

...stand your posts...

...tin hats at the ready...

...prepare to repell borders!
Title: Re: Spammer
Post by: chrism on September 20, 2024, 02:58:41 PM
and don't panic, they don't like it up 'em   :D