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Does anyone know why the Forum has suddenly been hit by lots of undesirable SPAM? Is anything being done to stop it?
I think thats a NO then Sad
The site and the forum are not being actively maintained at the moment as I've moved out of the area. I rarely check here but please mail andy@thealevillage.com if anything untoward appears. Thanks.

Andy
Just what is the point of this forum anymore, its just full of spam and more spam.

Cant someone sort this out, how do these people keep registering.
(15-10-2011 07:02 PM)Treepixie Wrote: [ -> ]Just what is the point of this forum anymore, its just full of spam and more spam.

Cant someone sort this out, how do these people keep registering.

If you report the spam, it will be deleted.

Cheers

Andy
(15-10-2011 07:02 PM)Treepixie Wrote: [ -> ]Just what is the point of this forum anymore, its just full of spam and more spam.

Cant someone sort this out, how do these people keep registering.


They aren't people: they are millions of automated 'spam bots'. I've installed anti-spam plugins, tweaked the registration process, installed widgets that filter out known bad IPs, spent hours reading the latest thinking on the myBB forum, adding a moderator to help stamp on it at the earliest opportunity.... and plenty of other stuff that's too boring to relate.

Any other ideas?
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