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06-30-2007, 05:00 PM
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New member spamming with PM's?
I just got this message from a new member named "turing2" and it was nothing more than spam for his Buddhism website.
Did anyone else receive one as well?
If so, this takes spamming to a new low, doesn't it?
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06-30-2007, 05:06 PM
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Alon Goldberg
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Re: New member spamming with PM's?
Yup I received it as well, he signed up yesterday and has no posts. I did not reply of course.
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06-30-2007, 05:10 PM
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Re: New member spamming with PM's?
Yeah, I never get PM and there it was. This site is good about not letting anyone in but it has happened to me twice in two years. I'll bet we get way more responses on this.
I know enough to know I don't know enough!
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06-30-2007, 07:46 PM
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Re: New member spamming with PM's?
Got the same crap PM.
They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa To the funny farm. Where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!!!
- Napoleon XIV
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06-30-2007, 09:49 PM
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Re: New member spamming with PM's?
Me too...about his religion.
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06-30-2007, 11:10 PM
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Re: New member spamming with PM's?
Me too.
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07-01-2007, 01:24 AM
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Michael Reuben
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Re: New member spamming with PM's?
You should not be receiving any further PMs from this member.
M.
“They’ll just take some stinkeroo movie or some songwriter’s catalog, throw it onstage and call it a show.” -- Zeus, Xanadu (the musical)
"What kind of movies would there be if everyone in them had to do what we thought they should do?" -- Roger Ebert
HTF Beginner's Primer and FAQ
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07-01-2007, 01:59 AM
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Re: New member spamming with PM's?
I didn't even know you could send one PM en masse like that. I thought the 5 messages thing was just that - messages, not 5 users. Even then, to choose specific names, too.
All that effort involved makes me question the sanity and/or amount of free time someone like that has. I mean forget the fact that it's annoying, it's just really weird.
Last edited by Nicholas Martin : 07-01-2007 at 02:02 AM.
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07-01-2007, 08:22 AM
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David Deeb
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Re: New member spamming with PM's?
I got it too, and came to this part of the forum right away. Glad to see other members were already on this.
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07-01-2007, 12:42 PM
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Ronald Epstein
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Re: New member spamming with PM's?
You guys realize that we can't forsee members that sign up
for the purpose of spamming, but if you keep reporting names
to us as it happens, I think we can guarantee that we will remove
those individuals pretty damn fast.
Thanks for the help.
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07-03-2007, 10:43 AM
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Re: New member spamming with PM's?
I also got the "spam" from turing2 on 6/29. Sad to hear it was a bit widespread, but glad to see it was dealt with efficiently.
This is the first I've heard of PM spam. Hopefully it doesn't become pervasive. I imagine this would be a toughie to deal with. |
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07-03-2007, 03:08 PM
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Ronald Epstein
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Re: New member spamming with PM's?
The situation will get much worse before it gets better.
I personally handle the signups to this forum. You would not
believe the amount of "fly by night" telecom companies that I
catch trying to register here on a daily basis. Additionally, there
are just as many start-up companies that register here that you
can just tell are looking to use this forum to promote their business.
Fortunately, most of them are stopped at signup. If not, our spam
filter usually catches their posts and puts it in a "holding area" so we
can delete it before it gets broadcast on the forum.
The Moderating staff monitors our spam filters daily, and so far, it's
very rare that this forum falls victim to spam. However, I can see
spammers becoming a lot more "aggressive" than they ever have and
my fear is that it's going to be harder to keep them out.
We appreciate you guys helping us out on this front.
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07-04-2007, 03:10 AM
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Re: New member spamming with PM's?
I got it too. I know You guys do Your best to prevent this sort of thing.It's no Biggie.I'll just never go to the link since I don't care and delete the message.Done and Done!
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07-07-2007, 02:33 AM
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