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Old 06-02-2017, 11:09 AM
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Spam day .

Spam day today .

We are at this time of typing 9 and counting in the eyepiece section ,, all reported within minutes , on to it guys .

Makes me think that all this spam ( there probably be more ) could be stopped if new members are put on a probation period ? , all this new spam today was from new members that joined minutes before posting this rubbish .
Thoughts people .

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Old 06-02-2017, 12:07 PM
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12 and counting ......
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Old 06-02-2017, 12:18 PM
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Spam, spam, spam...

Bloody Vikings!

(For the benefit of those old enough to remember!)

Paul

PS Have you not got anything that doesn't have any spam in it?
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Old 06-02-2017, 12:32 PM
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Eggs and spam, bacon and spam, spam spam spam eggs spam spam bacon and spam.
May have come out some decades before I was born

As for Brian's question... I wonder if Mike has a way of making it so that no posts can be made for let's say the first 30 minutes after account creation?
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Old 06-02-2017, 12:34 PM
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Don't worry, dear, I'll have your spam. I love it!
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Old 12-02-2017, 01:14 PM
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Another batch of spam has hit the eyepiece threads today. Why are they targeting the eyepiece section?, I could understand if it was in the General section.
They are are all advertising live streaming of sport.
There must be some way of stopping this via IP filtering or a 2 day delay before a new user can post.
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Old 13-02-2017, 11:12 AM
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I'd wager that they're doing it programmatically.

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Another batch of spam has hit the eyepiece threads today. Why are they targeting the eyepiece section?, I could understand if it was in the General section.
They are are all advertising live streaming of sport.
There must be some way of stopping this via IP filtering or a 2 day delay before a new user can post.
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Old 14-02-2017, 05:12 PM
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Probation, what an excellent idea, when i joined one could not sell anything after posting a few threads, I think, it was a while ago.

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Old 16-02-2017, 11:38 AM
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Probation, what an excellent idea, when i joined one could not sell anything after posting a few threads, I think, it was a while ago.

Leon
+1 for a probation period

Maybe something like 30 days membership and 30 posts before being allowed to access the classifieds?
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Old 16-02-2017, 01:35 PM
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Extra work for moderators, but in a probation period just have all submissions by new members vetted before actually posting, for a period of a week or two?
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