Spammers

[Persona]

Uuuu, waitasec.

Another big spammer trend I just saw: All the spammers on this board were "born" on April 7th -- every last one of them! I suggest -- nay, mandate! -- that you ban all accounts with birthdates of April 7th.

Dale, whose birthday is...hey, wait a minute...

Dude if I'm still in the area on April 7 -- which I sincerely hope I'm NOT -- we are doing a double party. I will be 40, which means you owe me more presents than I owe you.

[M. Dale Prins]

Deal. And I already have the perfect location picked out...

Dale

[Persona]

Umm, err, hemmm, hawww...

[Peter T Chattaway]

This post by this person looks suspicious.

[BethR]

This post by this person looks suspicious.

Just what I was about to say.

[David Smedberg]

And this one.

[Greg Wolfe]

Posts by nonyio and corka-whatever have been deleted and users banned.

Thanks.

And this one.

[M. Dale Prins]

Spam PM from Lyagushkka.

Edit: Another 143040 poster (with a join date after we had the disussion last time). If there's some way to set it up to immediately ban them upon registration -- there's *229* new ones since we discussed this, gosh, less than two weeks ago.

Fun fact: There have been 241 new members since the last 143040 incident, meaning there were, at most, 12 legitimate new members during that time. Ratio of spam to actual: about 19:1.

Dale

Edited October 3, 2009 by M. Dale Prins

[Peter T Chattaway]

M. Dale Prins wrote:

: Spam PM from Lyagushkka.

Yep, here's the user profile.

[John Drew]

Fun fact: There have been 241 new members since the last 143040 incident, meaning there were, at most, 12 legitimate new members during that time. Ratio of spam to actual: about 19:1.

I that's the same ratio for the number of times the word spam is used in the Monty Python Spam Sketch vs. any other words used in that sketch.

I DON"T LIKE SPAM!

[Greg Wolfe]

Lyagushkka has been banned.

Anna and I realize there are other issues that need to be attended to.

The fact is that the board will be upgraded in two weeks so it's hard to know how much effort to invest in banning certain IPs, etc. before the upgrade.

Thanks for your vigilance and patience.

Greg

M. Dale Prins wrote:

: Spam PM from Lyagushkka.

Yep, here's the user profile.

[SDG]

Toxic porn spam by KenTushonka deleted, admins please ban asap!

[Greg Wolfe]

DONE.

Toxic porn spam by KenTushonka deleted, admins please ban asap!

[Persona]

What is toxic porn? Is that like, porn made in Chernobyl or something? Why would anyone want to do that? Why would anyone want to purchase that?

Total YACK

[SDG]

What is toxic porn? Is that like, porn made in Chernobyl or something? Why would anyone want to do that? Why would anyone want to purchase that?

Total YACK

Heh. To clarify, "toxic" and "porn" are parallel adjectives modifying "spam." That is, it is toxic spam because it is porn spam. "Toxic" does not here modify "porn" because that would be tautological (as opposed to merely redundant). All porn is by definition toxic, but not all spam is toxic. Some is merely annoying.

[Ryan]

Spam message from: MaryJohansan

Ryan

[SDG]

Spam message from: MaryJohansan

I see that the member exists, but any posts seem to have been removed.

[Ryan]

Spam message from: MaryJohansan

I see that the member exists, but any posts seem to have been removed.

Sorry, it was a PM I received sometime over the weekend.

Ryan

[SDG]

Sorry, it was a PM I received sometime over the weekend.

Ah, PM spam, thanks, I'll pass it on.

[Greg Wolfe]

Banned.

Sorry, it was a PM I received sometime over the weekend.

Ah, PM spam, thanks, I'll pass it on.

[Buckeye Jones]

michaelstones is spamming.

[Persona]

That's what I was gonna say. http://ArtsAndFaith.com/index.php?s=&s...st&p=205290

[Persona]

PS

Here too

or is that one not spam simply because he asks us not to delete it?

I have no idea what a "test message" is.

Edited October 6, 2009 by Persona

[SDG]

I'm pretty sure they're both spam. Removed and escalated.

[Greg Wolfe]

Last couple deleted and banned.

Also, just to remind you, we will be upgrading the site soon, which we believe will help with security issues.

Thanks for your patience.

I'm pretty sure they're both spam. Removed and escalated.