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Sir Toby
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Seems someone has decided to start spamming this board. Depending on the severity of the spam, I may need to resort to forcing poeple to be logged in the post. I realize that this will be a pain for some, but if the spam gets worse, I'd rather deal with the pain of forcing people to create account than the pain of the spam.
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I've just had to delete another one.
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Post by JH »

After a quiet period, the spam is back in force. I've deleted about ten of them over the last two or three days. (I'm talking about genuine spam, not the Snorbin stuff.) I have therefore just emailed Sir Toby, suggesting that it may be time to restrict posting to logged in members only.
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Post by TCO »

Suits me. I'm normally automatically logged in anyway.
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Post by eric kantona »

Yet more spam has now arrived.

Would be a shame if you had to block non-registered posts (particularly as I would probably be too lazy to register!) but it is annoying . . .
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Post by Sir Toby »

JH has been in contact with me about the spam problem. If spam is getting to be too much of a problem, I will disable anonymous posts in an attempt to fight it.
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I've just been alerted to a major spamming spree on the board. I am now restricting the forum to members only to combat this problem. I apologize for any inconvenience this causes you.
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Post by JH »

Sir Toby wrote:I've just been alerted to a major spamming spree on the board. I am now restricting the forum to members only to combat this problem. I apologize for any inconvenience this causes you.
Thanks, Sir Toby.

In case anyone was wondering, you will still be able to read messages if you are not a member or are not logged in. But you won't be able to post.
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