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Offline pmp6nl

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Stupid Spammers
« on: October 07, 2006, 03:40:06 AM »
You know I really hate spammers.  Some "beeep" posted all of these spam messages on the board.  I dont really get too mad over spamming the board because I can easily delete them and they do not directly affect members, but I really hate private message spamming.

I happened to be checking my email earlier and I saw that I got a private message from some "user" claiming the message was from the admin.  Of course being the admin I knew this wasn't the truth so I came over to the message board to investigate.  When I go here I found about 15 spam messages all over the board, all of which I quickly deleted.  Then I found out that same spammer had sent messages to some of the members (via pm), I was pissed.

At ndbison.com we want to provide services that are free from things such as spamming, as such I was rather unhappy.  Of course I banned the user multiple ways, I dont think they will be coming back.  I also limited the number of private messages that can be sent and I increased the time between posts.  We are also working on other solutions to reduce spamming in the future.

I apologize to those of you that got the messages, with the not so appropriate picture.

Brian
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Re: Stupid Spammers
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2006, 03:43:19 PM »
Too much time on his hands I guess.

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Re: Stupid Spammers
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2006, 04:48:36 PM »
I got the stupid message, what a loser. Thanks for watching over the message board pmp6nl!
N-D-S-U ... Goooooo Bison!

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Re: Stupid Spammers
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2006, 04:55:47 PM »
That was a lovely photo.  I appreciate the message warning me about it though.  Seriously, if these people have nothing better to do then send stuff out like that, I have a few projects they can work on for me.

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Re: Stupid Spammers
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2006, 04:58:16 PM »
What a piece of shit.
Go Bison!

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« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2006, 05:03:05 PM »
Just to let everyone know I am temporarily disabling the sending of personal messages until we find a better solution to preventing spamming like this.  I will let you know when its back up and running, sorry for any inconvenience.  :-\

Please post any concerns.
« Last Edit: October 09, 2006, 05:27:00 PM by pmp6nl »
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