Re: Message regarding SPAM from the administrator of this site (Inkjet Refilling Talk)

Re: Message regarding SPAM from the administrator of this site
Author: Simon	January 29, 2007 at 21:02:27
in reply to: Re: Message regarding SPAM from the administrator of this site* posted by John on January 27, 2007 at 10:21:38*

Thanks John,

I agree having valid email addresses and passwords does
sound the best...

I will investigate reinstating this feature...

In the meantime the word filtering seems to be working.

Simon

> The only problem there is that the spammer really doesn't give a damn about the site. He only cares about what he is marketing in his spam. Put the site down & you don't hurt the spammer a bit.
> I remember when the site was re-vamped or whatever, passwords & valid emails were required. That seems to have fallen by the wayside. That would be the easiest way to control spam, deny posting access via passwords.
>
> John
>
> > Note there has been a large incidence of SPAM on this site....
> >
> > As clearly stated advertising is not allowed... In the
> > interest of everyone who uses this site for legitimate
> > reasons, please do not use this site for SPAMMing...
> > additional keyword blocking methods have been implemented
> > to try and stop all cases of spamming to date... however if
> > these prove to be unsuccessful the site may be shutdown and
> > this would be a shame.

Follow Ups

Word Filtering John 01:32:24 3/4/2007 (4)
- Re: Word Filtering Simon 17:13:00 3/5/2007 (3)
  - Re: Word Filtering John 03:00:20 3/9/2007 (2)
    - Re: Word Filtering Simon 18:42:14 3/14/2007 (1)
      - Re: Word Filtering Simon 19:19:58 6/3/2007 (0)

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> Thanks John, > > I agree having valid email addresses and passwords does > sound the best... > > I will investigate reinstating this feature... > > In the meantime the word filtering seems to be working. > > Simon > > > The only problem there is that the spammer really doesn't give a damn about the site. He only cares about what he is marketing in his spam. Put the site down & you don't hurt the spammer a bit. > > I remember when the site was re-vamped or whatever, passwords & valid emails were required. That seems to have fallen by the wayside. That would be the easiest way to control spam, deny posting access via passwords. > > > > John > > > > > Note there has been a large incidence of SPAM on this site.... > > > > > > As clearly stated advertising is not allowed... In the > > > interest of everyone who uses this site for legitimate > > > reasons, please do not use this site for SPAMMing... > > > additional keyword blocking methods have been implemented > > > to try and stop all cases of spamming to date... however if > > > these prove to be unsuccessful the site may be shutdown and > > > this would be a shame.
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