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oliverg
Joined: 15 May 2007
Posts: 800
Location: Melbourne, Australia
TV/Projector: Sony G90 X2 - Vidikron Vision 1
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| Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:01 am Post subject: ** SPAM ERASED ** |
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THESE ARE SCAMMERS
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perisoft
Joined: 29 Aug 2007
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Location: Ithaca, NY
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Curt needs a CAPTCHA or more serious email verification for membership. This is getting kinda ridiculous.
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Tom.W
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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One more to delete...
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AnalogRocks
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Joined: 08 Mar 2006
Posts: 26706
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
TV/Projector: Sony 1252Q, AMPRO 4000G
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| Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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CUE: Jaws music and watch the scammer disapear in a red pool of death.
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Curt Palme
CRT Tech
Joined: 08 Mar 2006
Posts: 24396
Location: Langley, BC
TV/Projector: All of them!
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| Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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Well ya know, look on the bright side, this site is big enough to attract spammer..
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AnalogRocks
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Joined: 08 Mar 2006
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Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Always the optomist aren't you? LOL
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kal
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Joined: 06 Mar 2006
Posts: 18114
Location: Ottawa, Canada
TV/Projector: JVC DLA-NZ7
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| Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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| perisoft wrote: | | Curt needs a CAPTCHA or more serious email verification for membership. This is getting kinda ridiculous. |
We have a CATPCHA. In fact I changed the default one in the forum software for a much BETTER one about 8 months ago. Stopped the 5-10 fake signups/day that we used to get.
Email verification is also used. You must sign up with a valid email and then activate your membership by clicking on a link sent to you.
So these are humans signing up, not 'bots.
The only other thing to do require admin activation for new people signing up, but that not a good idea because:
(a) these are all 'valid' accounts until they start spamming. I'm not not going to activate someone just because their user name is something like 'cellphonedeals".
(b) that slows it down for legit users who now have to wait a day or so before being able to use their account.
(c) it's extra work for me.
Kal
P.S. A note to whomever erased the original SPAM post here (Barry or Curt): You can erase the whole thread by using the "X" button at the bottom left of the page.
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Curt Palme
CRT Tech
Joined: 08 Mar 2006
Posts: 24396
Location: Langley, BC
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Dat was me, newbie moderator..
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Joust
Joined: 05 May 2006
Posts: 2429
Location: Almonte, Ontario, Canada
TV/Projector: Marquee 8501LC
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| Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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I will Never erase a thread unless you want me to.
I really only wanted to stop Curt.....I mean, users from putting up Subject lines that have no relevance to the content of the thread.
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