Spam/other alerts

[Subyroo]

Spammers are killing this site, maybe why nobody posts anything, well except for the spammers!

[El_Freddo]

This spammer - got over 400 posts in Russian...

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=9405

Cheers

Bennie

[El_Freddo]

Spammers are killing this site, maybe why nobody posts anything, well except for the spammers!

Yep, I agree. On the computer so much more spam to see - an new spammers too - like this one: memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=9424

Who cleans these up and how often does it happen?

Cheers

Bennie

[Gannon]

How come there is no verification for new users?
Its been years since I signed up but wasnt there was a questionaire that only subaru owners would be able to answer?

I understand its a big job for Andrew to verify or reject new users.
Would it be possible to allow other members (maybe ones who have held an account for maybe in excess of 12 months) to assist in allowing or rejecting new memberships.

[TOONGA]

How come there is no verification for new users?
Its been years since I signed up but wasnt there was a questionaire that only subaru owners would be able to answer?

I understand its a big job for Andrew to verify or reject new users.
Would it be possible to allow other members (maybe ones who have held an account for maybe in excess of 12 months) to assist in allowing or rejecting new memberships.

It is in the works, Andrew is currently on holiday. Hopefully soon everything will be sorted.

TOONGA

[El_Freddo]

This spammer - got over 400 posts in Russian...

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=9405

Well “Johnnie Fab” is busy - three and a half thousand posts already with an average of over 500 posts a day.

Too much spam?? :P

AndyT being away makes some sense as to why the forum has so much spam at the moment. I hope he gets a verification process up and running soon for new members that is highly effective in blocking bots and spammers from joining and posting.

Cheers

Bennie

[TOONGA]

This spammer - got over 400 posts in Russian...

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=9405

Well “Johnnie Fab” is busy - three and a half thousand posts already with an average of over 500 posts a day.

Too much spam?? :P

AndyT being away makes some sense as to why the forum has so much spam at the moment. I hope he gets a verification process up and running soon for new members that is highly effective in blocking bots and spammers from joining and posting.

Cheers

Bennie

Bennie
It has been sorted and you might notice you have a new set of tools to play with.

Told you it would be taken care of

TOONGA

[El_Freddo]

Just noticed a bot logged in - “Majestic-12”

Good, not good? How do we tell??

Cheers

Bennie

[TOONGA]

Just noticed a bot logged in - “Majestic-12”

Good, not good? How do we tell??

Cheers

Bennie

We have 45 bots in total. they are normally to do with search engines, and crawling and indexing links. all 45 were in place the day the new board went live. Their primary use is helping sites like google or bing find information on the board.

TOONGA

[El_Freddo]

It’s almost boring not having anyone posting about spam alerts let alone anything they’re up to with their subi’s...

Just saying.

(Bloody Facebook)

Cheers

Bennie

[Subyroo]

It’s almost boring not having anyone posting about spam alerts let alone anything they’re up to with their subi’s...

Just saying.

(Bloody Facebook)

Cheers

Bennie

The new name for Facebook is Faecesbook because of all the crap that is posted on it.

[Bantum]

Sounds like the spam problems have been sorted, good to know we can start using this site again as it was intended ...

Ciao, Bantum ...

[Bantum]

In light of recent events in Russia - Admin might want to do some checking of the back of house security and possibly do some software updates & backups etc. Cheers, Bantum ...

[El_Freddo]

Best to PM AndyT about those sorts of things. I dare say he’s got it covered somehow - all that is beyond my expertise

Cheers

Bennie