Smivs wrote:*
<Smivs dusts off his Katana...>
You can just kill this one
fawltwest
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... le&u=19844
confirmed link pimp.
<Smivs lights his pipe and puts his feet up again...>
Reporting spam
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- DaddyHoggy
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I'm loving your retirement Smivs! Right, I'll be back at six. Try not to make a mess people until then!
Oolite Life is now revealed hereSelezen wrote:Apparently I was having a DaddyHoggy moment.
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Well, I logged on around half ten in the morning (which is very late for me), and the first thing I saw was this cheeky spammer staring me in the face.DaddyHoggy wrote:I'm loving your retirement Smivs!
Retired or not, I wasn't having that!
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Good man! I did kill off our one spambot over night, silently and most satisfyingly!Smivs wrote:Well, I logged on around half ten in the morning (which is very late for me), and the first thing I saw was this cheeky spammer staring me in the face.DaddyHoggy wrote:I'm loving your retirement Smivs!
Retired or not, I wasn't having that!
Oolite Life is now revealed hereSelezen wrote:Apparently I was having a DaddyHoggy moment.
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Intelligence report from the Home Guard
The Russians are invading...three at the last count
Last page of the member list
Intelligence report from the Home Guard
The Russians are invading...three at the last count
Last page of the member list
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As of 1230am all is quiet. Hoping the night shift has a quiet time of it. Night all.
<heads off to roost>
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Oolite Life is now revealed hereSelezen wrote:Apparently I was having a DaddyHoggy moment.
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Bitietabrealf
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... le&u=19870
Occupation: Internet, new... Seemed obvious to me.
Bitietabrealf
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... le&u=19870
Occupation: Internet, new... Seemed obvious to me.
Got all turned around, lost my nav connection... Where am I now?
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Arrongerruh
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... le&u=19871
atromella
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... le&u=19872
Targets popping up like crazy tonight...
Arrongerruh
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... le&u=19871
atromella
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... le&u=19872
Targets popping up like crazy tonight...
Got all turned around, lost my nav connection... Where am I now?
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Their pending posts were even more of a give away...
Love the interests on both those profiles - so relative to this forum ('Political Interests', 'Skiing'... )Rese249er wrote:Arrongerruh
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... le&u=19871
atromella
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... le&u=19872
Targets popping up like crazy tonight...
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Got all turned around, lost my nav connection... Where am I now?
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Now I've retired I need a hobby to occupy my time, so I've started collecting Classic Spam!
On and off over the next few weeks I propose to go through the memberlist looking for old 'members' who look a bit suspicious - possible 'sleepers' or spammers who might have slipped through the net when the net wasn't too effective.
Find No1 is
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... ofile&u=31
Joined in June 2004 and last visited in Feb 2010. No posts. Two links in profile (one 'website' and a similar one in the sig both to do with 'Szintec'. Both links are now dead, but googling suggests some on-line shopping/marketing/promotion connections.
Clearly not an active spammer, but might have been once and looks like dead-wood anyway, so I'll leave it to the Master Assassins to decide if any action is appropriate.
I think it's probably OK. I've found a hit for the "szintec" link on the alt.fan.elite google group (from a few years back admittedly), but it seems to be someone with a genuine interest in Elite.
On and off over the next few weeks I propose to go through the memberlist looking for old 'members' who look a bit suspicious - possible 'sleepers' or spammers who might have slipped through the net when the net wasn't too effective.
Find No1 is
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... ofile&u=31
Joined in June 2004 and last visited in Feb 2010. No posts. Two links in profile (one 'website' and a similar one in the sig both to do with 'Szintec'. Both links are now dead, but googling suggests some on-line shopping/marketing/promotion connections.
Clearly not an active spammer, but might have been once and looks like dead-wood anyway, so I'll leave it to the Master Assassins to decide if any action is appropriate.
I think it's probably OK. I've found a hit for the "szintec" link on the alt.fan.elite google group (from a few years back admittedly), but it seems to be someone with a genuine interest in Elite.
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You are aware that Leafy (and others) have already done similar, yes?Smivs wrote:... I propose to go through the memberlist looking for old 'members' who look a bit suspicious - possible 'sleepers' or spammers who might have slipped through the net when the net wasn't too effective.
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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No I wasn't aware of this. Also, I can see this exercise could just be a PITA for you, so perhaps I'll find a new hobby instead.El Viejo wrote:You are aware that Leafy (and others) have already done similar, yes?Smivs wrote:... I propose to go through the memberlist looking for old 'members' who look a bit suspicious - possible 'sleepers' or spammers who might have slipped through the net when the net wasn't too effective.
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Omirmclem
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... le&u=19875
BabyMarsha
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... le&u=19876
Omirmclem
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... le&u=19875
BabyMarsha
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Got all turned around, lost my nav connection... Where am I now?
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Wouldn't it be quicker/easier to just have a clear-out of account which are older than x months and have never posted and not logged into the forum for y months (where x and y are up for your discretion)?
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That would be an Admin decision - but that type of account isn't really a problem. There may be a few 'sleepers' buried in there, yes - but if they 'awake', they'll swiftly be deleted. I don't think they're clogging anything up - they just sit there. But as I say, not for me to decide if a clear-out is either needed, or desirable.Thargoid wrote:Wouldn't it be quicker/easier to just have a clear-out of account which are older than x months and have never posted and not logged into the forum for y months (where x and y are up for your discretion)?
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!