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September spam-athon

bvibert

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How many new users do you get per day?
I have a discussion group that grabs only about 10 per week. As you say, the innocent but non-specific comments or compliments get zapped by me right away in moderated acceptance mode.

Not very many, probably around 3 per day, on average, right now.
 

Glenn

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I don't think they are bots though. I think the initial registration is done manually. You'll notice some spammers make a few posts first to try to get under the radar. They will go in a thread and reply with something like "This is so interesting, thanks for posting it!" and then like 3 days later they explode in spam.

These far east IP's are done by actual people often getting paid fractions of a cent to join forums manually, because they can actually get by the spam blocker questions.

I find this information very good to use! I will be sure to reference it as I journey through these forums on my quest for knowledge!


:lol:
 

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I find this information very good to use! I will be sure to reference it as I journey through these forums on my quest for knowledge!


:lol:

Easy there buddy... my finger was hovering over the ban button for a minute... ;)
 

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I'm not the first one to have a solid message...only to be accused of spamming. I don't think I have to "Fuller" you all in on the "Sunny" details. I wouldn't want anyone to get bent and drive off a "(Wy)Cliff"

:spin:
 
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