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SaFeHeX · 08-30-2011, 06:25 PM

Hi folks,

I'm a fairly new member here and i think this is probably my first post.

I can appreciate your spam problems because i've faced the same issues myself on another unrelated board that i Mod.

Obviously being new here it's not my place to comment as such, but you may find that it's not just new accounts that you have problems with.

I'm not entirely sure if it's a spammer or not, but last week i received a PM from someone with no posts here at all.

If if this had been the board that i moderate and not just one i was a member of, i would have this particular member pegged for a spammer right away by the style of the message i received, but as i'm new here with no abilities to look up IP addys and other details then i'm not so sure and it could be just someone trying to be friendly.

I haven't looked too deep into all areas of your forums yet because i mainly signed up here for the Snap forums.

Do you guys have some forum area or somewhere that members can report potential spammers maybe?

Also if you guys want the name or account ID of my suspected PM spammer just gimme a shout and i'll happily send you a link to the profile. (The account was created March 2010)

There is a forum out there called stopforumspam (dot com? IIRC) that has lists of known IP addresses that a lot of spammers have used which you may find usefull to check out some of the IP addresses of suspected spammers.

Anyhow guys, goodluck with the spam fighting and try and consider us noobs in the process as i'm sure not all of us noobs are here to do any harm.

It's a tough job at times, i can say first hand!

Cheers to you all and goodluck.

08-30-2011, 06:25 PM	#6
SaFeHeX Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Yoo Kay Posts: 28	Re: End the Spam Hi folks, I'm a fairly new member here and i think this is probably my first post. I can appreciate your spam problems because i've faced the same issues myself on another unrelated board that i Mod. Obviously being new here it's not my place to comment as such, but you may find that it's not just new accounts that you have problems with. I'm not entirely sure if it's a spammer or not, but last week i received a PM from someone with no posts here at all. If if this had been the board that i moderate and not just one i was a member of, i would have this particular member pegged for a spammer right away by the style of the message i received, but as i'm new here with no abilities to look up IP addys and other details then i'm not so sure and it could be just someone trying to be friendly. I haven't looked too deep into all areas of your forums yet because i mainly signed up here for the Snap forums. Do you guys have some forum area or somewhere that members can report potential spammers maybe? Also if you guys want the name or account ID of my suspected PM spammer just gimme a shout and i'll happily send you a link to the profile. (The account was created March 2010) There is a forum out there called stopforumspam (dot com? IIRC) that has lists of known IP addresses that a lot of spammers have used which you may find usefull to check out some of the IP addresses of suspected spammers. Anyhow guys, goodluck with the spam fighting and try and consider us noobs in the process as i'm sure not all of us noobs are here to do any harm. It's a tough job at times, i can say first hand! Cheers to you all and goodluck.