What's with all these ads or worse?

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  1. gardenrooms

    gardenrooms Member

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    I assume all those weird threads are junk mail.
     
    #1 gardenrooms, Aug 10, 2016
  2. Jim in Merced CA

    Jim in Merced CA Moderator

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    You are correct
     
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    From how the boards have gone back to a trickle of posts per day, I don't think Doobie has the time to admin. At least the spam is a trickle, too.
     
    #3 berol, Aug 10, 2016
  4. Jim in Merced CA

    Jim in Merced CA Moderator

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    I report each one
     
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    hbquikcomjamesl Well-Known Member

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    I think the problem is that (unlike, say, TrekBBS, Fountain Pen Network, or the PIPORG-L List Server) Laughingplace's board is apparently set up to grant posting privileges immediately, thereby allowing spammers to create sock-puppets with impunity, and post spam before anybody knows they're there.
     
    #5 hbquikcomjamesl, Aug 15, 2016
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    List Servers still exist?

    But if this is the problem, shouldn't it be an easy fix?
     
    #6 Yookeroo, Aug 15, 2016
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    hbquikcomjamesl Well-Known Member

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    Yes, list servers still exist. PIPORG-L and its sister list HPSCHD-L are hosted (among dozens of other Lists) by the University of Iowa, for serious email discussion of organs and harpsichords, respectively. Midrange.com hosts a number of list servers that allow members of the IBM Midrange Systems community to help each other via email. The Orange County Linux User Group has a list server, and so does the Apache Tomcat web server community.
     
    #7 hbquikcomjamesl, Aug 22, 2016
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    Apparently the problem isn't fixable. Updating the boards gave these boards new life, but the spam is about to kill them again. I'm about to give up. It's out of control.
     
    #8 Yookeroo, Aug 23, 2016
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    mawnck Well-Known Member

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    +1. I have better things to do than report 20 spam posts every day.
     
    #9 mawnck, Aug 23, 2016
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    You know the spam is bad when you get timer errors for reporting too many in succession. :rolleyes:
     
    #10 PNWTigger, Aug 23, 2016
  11. Jim in Merced CA

    Jim in Merced CA Moderator

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    Opening 'New Posts' this morning - and there are seven spam posts and one actual post. Bummer.
     
    #11 Jim in Merced CA, Aug 23, 2016
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    Bumping this in front of all of the insane amount of spam. It's sad that I don't really read much on these forums anymore because of all of these ads. :(
     
    #12 PNWTigger, Aug 29, 2016
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    I've deleted them from this sub board.
     
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    Congrats on being a new moderator!! Thank you so much for cleaning up the spam! :D
     
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    Jim in Merced CA Moderator

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    I just deleted one! I feel so powerful!
     
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    Go Jim. Do my work. Be the crazycroc that I cannot be.
     
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    crazycroc Active Member

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    Also congrats Phruby. I'll be good I promise.
     
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    Just be you. Never change.
     
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    I find it funny how they attack the Disney Dining board more than any other board. Does anyone really post here?
     
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  20. Jim in Merced CA

    Jim in Merced CA Moderator

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    Hey - since we started the clean up, it's way better than it twere!
     
    #20 Jim in Merced CA, Aug 31, 2016
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