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CrypticSpider

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They will spam a site whether it's dead or busy.

kormath is correct, Josh would need to give elevated permissions to an experienced person who knows the ins & outs of IPs, including knowing the difference of 'good & bad' bots. Spiders, Baidu, Tors, etc etc.... I could go on all day. IPs and coding are tricky and not to be trifled with.

My intention is to set up the IP filter with a set of banned IPs that I will make based on what is seen here. Once this is "composed" and initiated, I would like to train the existing Moderators in the fine art of killing spam and keeping it off the forum.

I have sent Josh an email with a link to this thread.
 

CrypticSpider

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I am The Spamantula Hawk Moth.

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Enn49

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Yet again Spammer`s coming in thick and fast. I`m reporting them the second they appear, if only I had control of the delete button, I could quit happily sit here all day and remove these Parasites from the forum. I am The Spamantula Hawk Moth.

I try to get them asap.

All jokes aside... I have yet to receive a responce from Josh as well. Been a while. I hope he's OK.

I didn't get a reply either, I know he said he was really busy.
 

CrypticSpider

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This is a fine example of why I believe there should be no less than 2 Admins on forums. Life gets busy and too much time away from a forum can have its drawbacks. Not trying to cast a bad light on Josh at all here. I too at times get really busy and such things often take priority over other things.

The Mods do a great job at removing the spammers. I hope they continue to get reported, as this helps a lot. :)
 

Psyrocke

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When I get on when I get to work I find that alot comes in around 9am my time which is EST, and I report as many as I can but the second countdown wait to report I find annoying personally though I understand the reason why.
 

Enn49

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@Will and @Josh I do my best, unfortunately the spammers seem to operate when I'm not online. I do wonder if some sort of CAPTCHA would be the answer to our problem.
 

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