Spamming on the forum.
#1
Posted 20 February 2007 - 05:33 AM
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In an effort to reduce the amount of new members signing up to do nothing but place an ad on this forum for their products, all new members, before given membership, will have to confirm their e-mail and then will be placed into the Admin Member Validation Queue. While the staff here hates to do this, on average this forum receives 3 + new members that check out to be spammers daily. They range from hardcore porn sites to sellers of medications to people that want to offer trips on a cruse.
To make my point, this morning there were 6 new members that signed up for admission and 5 checked out to be spammers.
If you signed up and for some reason you were mistaken for a spammer, I encourage you to sign back up with a personal e-mail address.
Also, all new change of e-mail address have to be approved by the Admin staff in the Admin panel. This will stop someone from signing up and then changing to their business account e-mail.
Lastly, this forum will not tolerate spamming. If the staff here believes that your post, more so if it's your very first post, serves no other purpose then spamming, your account will be closed.
If you have any questions, please contact a staff member, or you may e-mail me at owner @ trektoy.com
#2
Posted 13 April 2007 - 04:29 AM
I hope that everyone understands,
FHC
#3
Posted 18 April 2007 - 04:31 AM
#4
Posted 18 April 2007 - 05:49 AM
I have recently heard of a "nest" of spambots being tucked away as registered members on boards for weeks or months and then all of them going active on the same day, that could mean 100's of bogus posts to deal with all at once, that is why Mark and I work so hard to ensure that we try and keep them out of here.
We want to maintain a "Spam Free Zone"....
#5
Posted 18 April 2007 - 08:14 AM
#6
Posted 18 April 2007 - 09:26 AM
#7
Posted 18 April 2007 - 12:33 PM
owner at trektoy.com of course the @ was replaced it "at" so spam bots do not pick it up.
As for the others, if you make it through and post some spam you will be removed with no questions asked.
#8
Posted 18 April 2007 - 04:52 PM
I really hate spam...so cheers guys...do whatever you have to do.
If I ever want to buy viagra...I will buy it over the damn counter...not from some dodgy bugger spamming up an internet forum.
I receive on average several spam messages a day in my Inbox. I hate it. hate it hate it hate it.
#9
Posted 10 June 2007 - 08:49 AM
#10
Posted 10 June 2007 - 11:25 AM
#11
Posted 10 June 2007 - 11:32 AM
I've been posting on another toy-related forum lately, and let's just say their efforts have not been anywhere near as successful.
Thanks!
#12
Posted 02 September 2007 - 07:47 AM
If you sign up with a name such as
onebigone
you will not get in
If you sign up with some sort of .com email address and the .com does not come up,
you will not get in.
If by chance you are a person that would like to join and has not gotten through for some reason, you might need to use a personal email address when you sign up. You can change it later.
Thanks,
FHC
#13
Posted 04 September 2007 - 07:41 PM
If you sign up with a name such as
onebigone
you will not get in
If you sign up with some sort of .com email address and the .com does not come up,
you will not get in.
If by chance you are a person that would like to join and has not gotten through for some reason, you might need to use a personal email address when you sign up. You can change it later.
Thanks,
FHC
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