Rational suggestions on spammers Reply #30 – June 27, 2006, 01:59:00 PM There are a few things you'll never see on this site: Paid memberships, popups and banner ads. We don't do this for the money. I've installed a spamkiller script that's supposed to be pretty effective at catching this kind of thing. It compares new posts to a master blacklist and denies the post. We can actually add to that blacklist as well. It may take a bit for it to start working well, though - apparently it has to "learn". Quote Selected
Rational suggestions on spammers Reply #31 – June 27, 2006, 03:03:29 PM QuoteI've installed a spamkiller script that's supposed to be pretty effective at catching this kind of thing. It compares new posts to a master blacklist and denies the post. We can actually add to that blacklist as well. It may take a bit for it to start working well, though - apparently it has to "learn"Did you put an EEC-IV attached to the forum script ????It´ll take like a 300 miles when running, or 2 minutes in idle.... Quote Selected
Rational suggestions on spammers Reply #32 – June 28, 2006, 08:31:15 AM Let's test it.puppies!Cheap Mortgages!Increase your pen 15!Deposed Nigerian General!Make Money Fast!Free iPods!Did it work? Did it work? :D Quote Selected
Rational suggestions on spammers Reply #33 – June 28, 2006, 08:43:49 AM I'm new though. Does that mean that everytime I have a question or anything that it has to be approved before I post it. You should give all newbie's a 1 "spam" post limit. Once they use that you watch that one person. That way you can single out who's using up space and who is realy using it. IMO Thanks Fellow Thunderbird and Cougar Owners,Mike "Iceman" Quote Selected
Rational suggestions on spammers Reply #34 – June 28, 2006, 08:43:54 AM ooooH! i want a free ipod, where do i click!? Quote Selected
Rational suggestions on spammers Reply #35 – June 28, 2006, 03:14:31 PM Quote from: 84 FilaI'm new though. Does that mean that everytime I have a question or anything that it has to be approved before I post it. You should give all newbie's a 1 "spam" post limit. Once they use that you watch that one person. That way you can single out who's using up space and who is realy using it. IMO Thanks Fellow Thunderbird and Cougar Owners,Mike "Iceman"There's a huge difference between posting a question and posting spam. Spam is unsolicited offers from shady "businesses" (and I use that term loosely) made through generally unwanted means, such as posting messages in forums for free iPods or gas cards. It's kinda like email spam - nobody likes it, nobody wants it, (hopefully) nobody clicks on the offers, yet the spammers keep coming.Spam is spam and there will be no tolerance (or mercy ). Making a post offering your car or parts for sale is not spam. You are a legitimate member offering something that people in this forum may actually want. Spam is generally produced by "bots" that flood messageboards with bullshiznit by joining, posting a few BS threads offering things nobody wants or offers nobody is stupid enough to fall for, and disapearing, only to show up tomorrow with a new user name and do it all again.And therin lies the problem, which is why I've been debating the possibility of making a "newbies" forum for new users to reach the minimum post count. On the surface it sounds easy, but imposing limits on new users punishes a dozen legitimate new users for every one spammer, and that's not right. It would be like pulling every teenager's driving license because a few teens drive like idiots.Hopefully this new script will keep the spammers in check... Quote Selected
Rational suggestions on spammers Reply #36 – June 28, 2006, 03:39:28 PM I don't think it's entirely bots in use here.. one thread had a repeat post with a new username.http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?t=8676 Quote Selected
Rational suggestions on spammers Reply #37 – June 28, 2006, 04:23:33 PM Just check the ISP # their using. In theory it should be the same if it's the same bot program right? And whats the "noobie post limit"? Am I past it yet? Quote Selected
Rational suggestions on spammers Reply #38 – June 28, 2006, 10:31:08 PM There is no "Noobie post limit". You can see what everyone else can, and you have full posting privleges from the moment you join. The whole point of what I've said in this thread was to say that although I'd thought about it, I don't entirely agree with the idea of restricting noobs, and hope other methods, such as spam killers and scripts will do the trick. Every time we ban a spammer we do so using their DNS numbers. They are all unique. Tom sent me some interesting info about spam - more than half of it comes from "zombie" computers. These are computers that have viruses/trojans and are under the control of hackers without the owners even knowing. It would be nice if the internet could somehow be "upgraded" to recognize and eliminate this kind of data, similar to how an antivirus program does, so that if a computer does somehow become infected it would be quarantined by the internet itself. Imagine how fast the 'net would be if 80% of its bandwidth wasn't being used for spam! Quote Selected
Rational suggestions on spammers Reply #39 – June 29, 2006, 09:36:38 AM Your right, i must have taken this whole thing the wrong way. Sorry bro. Quote Selected
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