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eMTe
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Summer spamfest

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Ive deleted 6 spam posts during last two days, so mild suggestion is - maybe we need new safety precautions.
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Yep. But what? I've no idea what's the latest and greatest in this arms race.
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Yes, we are only passengers in the train of life...
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Re: Summer spamfest

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All aboard - the spamtrain....
I deleted some too, and I am wondering if we could make some sort of protection that you need to investigate to get past... Like: What is the abbreviation for CurlysWorldofFreeware that we use on this site? What amount of stars did "This game" (linked) get? (A bit harder to do I believe).
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Re: Summer spamfest

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How many CURLY hair Curly has on his head?
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As long as we specify that it is on my head..! :p
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Re: Summer spamfest

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I deleted few too, and I am wondering if we could work many sort of covering that you essential to canvass to get last... Equivalent: What is the abbreviation for CurlysWorldofFreeware that we use on this parcel? What turn of stars did "This job" (linked) get? (A bit harder to do I anticipate).



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I think we should preserve this (and his other one) post, bots can be really funny at times. 8)
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Ah, I already deleted the other one. But this can remain.
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I banned two bots today and deleted 6 posts. Makes over 10 in total adding recent days iirc. Looks like the autumn spamfest has started.
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At least he agrees with me. :)
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Re: Summer spamfest

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The spambots have taken to copy-pasting text from existing posts. How clever. I deleted some.
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Any chance of a "delete all posts by this bot while you're banning it anyway" function? I manually got rid of a spamfest earlier today and missed it.
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Scythe wrote:Any chance of a "delete all posts by this bot while you're banning it anyway" function? I manually got rid of a spamfest earlier today and missed it.
No idea why phpBB does not have that function. Even the whole banning workflow is way too long.
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Re: Summer spamfest

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beatsbydresale wrote:Skull Candy - Skull Candy is the next brand for quality music.
Sorry spambot, this thread is for summer spam, not winter spam!
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Re: Summer spamfest

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spambot wrote:Okay Zyx, could one of you moderators please move it to the appropriate thread?
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Re: Summer spamfest

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This noon there was an islamic spambot, who wanted us to read the Koran (it opened three different threads with funny names for that). Things are really getting stranger... :Crazy:
[quote="eMTe"]I dont think trying to pass the screen in computer game once per 500 tries makes you a geek. Rather a dangerous psychopath.[/quote]
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Re: Summer spamfest

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Pater Alf wrote:This noon there was an islamic spambot, who wanted us to read the Koran (it opened three different threads with funny names for that). Things are really getting stranger... :Crazy:
Did you delete it already? I wanted to laugh a bit too. :D
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Re: Summer spamfest

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Yep, I deleted it. It's best to remove spam as fast as possible...
[quote="eMTe"]I dont think trying to pass the screen in computer game once per 500 tries makes you a geek. Rather a dangerous psychopath.[/quote]
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