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I noticed some spam got through earlier tonight, a long rambling post I think about some money scam...I didn't bother to actually read it...but thinking back I seem to remember a link in the post, and I think it was a first post. Has the 'link-jammer' been put back in place, you know the thing where newbies can't post links for their first few posts?
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Smivs wrote:
Has the 'link-jammer' been put back in place, you know the thing where newbies can't post links for their first few posts?
Nope. We’re currently running an umodded BB.
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CR - it's useful to put the name of the spammer too - if they come in thick and fast we can get to the stage where a genuine new member joins and is given the profile number of somebody who has just been tagged (and deleted) as a spammer.
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Yeah... exactly that happened to Shude, a while back.
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DaddyHoggy wrote:
CR - it's useful to put the name of the spammer too - if they come in thick and fast we can get to the stage where a genuine new member joins and is given the profile number of somebody who has just been tagged (and deleted) as a spammer.
Duly noted. (Reminder carved into the handle of my butterknife.)
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HarryPotterr: https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.p ... ile&u=3427

Myncappat: https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.p ... ile&u=3428

OnlnPharmirus: https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.p ... ile&u=3429

The former two already have posted spam; their posts are duly reported (nice button :twisted: ).

EDIT: Ninja'd by Uncle Reno, but he hasn't got the last one.
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'Scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, tomatoes, toast, coffee… fried spam, I like fried spam!'

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Keep a note of the IPs and email addresses, we can always blacklist them.
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I’ve been trying to find where to view IP addresses, as I could on the old BB as admin. Maybe I don’t have that permission anymore?
Edit: I can view the IP of a post, but not of a 'suspect'.
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El Viejo wrote:
I’ve been trying to find where to view IP addresses, as I could on the old BB as admin. Maybe I don’t have that permission anymore?
Edit: I can view the IP of a post, but not of a 'suspect'.
People don’t have IP addresses. Yet. :-)
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pzzmjasx - https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... ile&u=3470 has my spam assassin nose twitching FWIW.
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I don't know - go away for a quick cup of Joe and when I get back EV has launched and got back, completely with a maniacal grin on his face (actually he always looks like that...)
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