Reporting spam

[chang]

Belated thanks to everyone who reports spam. Fortunately, they are very rare ... maybe one a month ... but Chahta just caught one, and yogibearbull has caught several in the past. The posts are removed and the spammer banned as quickly as possible. I don't usually acknowledge the report, but I am grateful for everyone who takes the time to report it.

[chang]

We get spam posts here very infrequently. But occasionally a new member joins and immediately spams us. I just want to reiterate my thanks for flagging these. We just had two in the last two days. Again, thanks.

[chang]

Thanks again to spam reporters. I check the forum daily, but someone usually beats me to it and reports the spam. Not sure why we're getting a wave of spammers lately (4 today), but they're being erased very quickly.

Edit: I temporarily changed the registration setting to “require approval”, so that should end the spam.

[anitya]

Dec 2, 2023 10:15:55 GMT chang said:

Thanks again to spam reporters. I check the forum daily, but someone usually beats me to it and reports the spam. Not sure why we're getting a wave of spammers lately (4 today), but they're being erased very quickly.

Edit: I temporarily changed the registration setting to “require approval”, so that should end the spam.

chang ,

Our reporting is not a judgement on your diligence of the forum health.  We are trying to get ahead of your regular checks to make sure none of our genuine members are victims of the embedded links in those spam posts.  We assume by our reporting you get an email alert.  Luckily, the spams so far have been machine generated and easy to spot even by me. 

Please consider making "require approval" a permanent feature of registration.  Anyone wishing to become a member can wait for 24 hours to get your approval.  (Anyone that can not practice that level of delayed gratification is probably not a good addition to the forum anyway!)

Thanks.

[chang]

anitya - yes, I did that.