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rokie221
Posts: 104 Joined: Fri May 16, 2014 7:50 am
Location: El Paso
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by rokie221 » Sun May 18, 2025 7:36 pm
Insane amount of spam on every board....
thboy
Posts: 84 Joined: Mon Aug 09, 2021 7:59 am
Location: Birmingham, AL. USA
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by thboy » Sun May 18, 2025 7:52 pm
I reported some of the posts yesterday and today. I see that others are reporting the posts as well.
Accounts seem to be:
EddiePlomi
MiguelFam
Nickfex
ShawnEXOMI
kiwibop
Posts: 936 Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2004 3:35 am
Location: New Zealand
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by kiwibop » Mon May 19, 2025 4:02 pm
Yeah, I reported about 20-30 yesterday too - and EddiePlomi was still on-line at that stage so I sent him a couple of love letters . . . asshole was the nicest thing I called him
thboy
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by thboy » Tue May 20, 2025 11:11 am
ShawnEXOMI and Programmer4u this afternoon. Programmer4u is new today.
major77
Posts: 1665 Joined: Thu May 12, 2005 11:59 pm
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by major77 » Tue May 20, 2025 10:35 pm
I have contacted Admin about the spam problems...
As a moderator I can´t delete userprofiles...
Hopefylly Admin can figure it out.
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HrnMntMan
Posts: 886 Joined: Thu Dec 27, 2018 3:47 am
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by HrnMntMan » Tue May 20, 2025 10:54 pm
I was so hopeful you could delete a user profile. Thank you for all the effort.
georgekenedy
Posts: 163 Joined: Sat Apr 04, 2009 3:28 pm
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by georgekenedy » Wed May 21, 2025 3:57 am
I have cleaned up the forum. It was 1 account that spammed alot and is banned.
Keep report spammers!
major77
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by major77 » Wed May 21, 2025 6:13 am
georgekenedy wrote: ↑ Wed May 21, 2025 3:57 am
I have cleaned up the forum. It was 1 account that spammed alot and is banned.
Keep report spammers!
Thanks!
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kiwibop
Posts: 936 Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2004 3:35 am
Location: New Zealand
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by kiwibop » Wed May 21, 2025 4:00 pm
Good work George and Major - appreciated!! And yeah, I report everything straight away - useful being in NZ in a different time zone to most people
thboy
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by thboy » Wed Jun 04, 2025 8:10 pm
Many spam messages for the last three days.
midwestchub
Posts: 132 Joined: Sun Feb 06, 2022 12:15 pm
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by midwestchub » Mon Jun 16, 2025 1:35 am
Spam is back. Can a moderator please start banning IPs, domains, and/or keywords? This is ridiculous
georgekenedy
Posts: 163 Joined: Sat Apr 04, 2009 3:28 pm
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by georgekenedy » Mon Jun 16, 2025 11:35 pm
midwestchub wrote: ↑ Mon Jun 16, 2025 1:35 am
Spam is back. Can a moderator please start banning IPs, domains, and/or keywords? This is ridiculous
There is no function available to do that, i have to manually delete all topics and ban users...
midwestchub
Posts: 132 Joined: Sun Feb 06, 2022 12:15 pm
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by midwestchub » Tue Jun 17, 2025 3:21 am
Eesh, sorry mate. Thank you for doing it
mRuss
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by mRuss » Sun Jun 22, 2025 1:36 am
Looks like we got another big dose of spam, guys. If you want a hand cleaning it up going forward I'm willing to help.
Cheers,
Russ.