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#226 2006-10-18 21:33:04
- noosfractal
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Re: Spammer
Didn't even bother to spam in English ...
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#227 2006-10-19 04:52:44
- cIclops
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Re: Spammer
another one, selling hardware using a special character set? - been registered for 51 days, not the best way to start
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#228 2006-10-19 17:39:57
- noosfractal
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Re: Spammer
The generator spammer ...
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#229 2006-10-20 05:16:16
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Re: Spammer
another drug selling loser: http://www.newmars.com/forums/profile.p … ile&u=1807
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#230 2006-10-20 14:06:07
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Re: Spammer
two for the price of one: http://www.newmars.com/forums/profile.p … ile&u=1753
(same spammer as noosfractal found before)
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#231 2006-10-20 15:49:56
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Re: Spammer
How can that be, is it from not changing there password or blocking the user id from posting...
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#232 2006-10-22 22:54:39
- noosfractal
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Re: Spammer
Cell phone spammer ...
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#233 2006-10-23 11:05:23
- Josh Cryer
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Re: Spammer
:evil:
Do they ever quit? Maybe there's something about being the first hit for "Mars forum" on Google...
Some useful links while MER are active. [url=http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html]Offical site[/url] [url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Web.html]NASA TV[/url] [url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/]JPL MER2004[/url] [url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/statustextonly.html]Text feed[/url]
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#234 2006-10-24 13:01:16
- noosfractal
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Re: Spammer
porn spammer ...
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#235 2006-10-27 12:40:39
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Re: Spammer
Deleted spam post (drug advert) from: http://www.newmars.com/forums/profile.p … ile&u=1836
Does someone else block or remove the user?
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#236 2006-10-27 13:00:49
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Re: Spammer
Yes, Josh has to delete the user.
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#237 2006-10-28 07:59:06
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Ok thx.
here's another scam one: http://www.newmars.com/forums/profile.p … ile&u=1834
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#238 2006-10-31 20:47:29
- Josh Cryer
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Re: Spammer
Sorry guys, some weekends I barely get around to anything! 
But I delete them within the week most certainly. 
Some useful links while MER are active. [url=http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html]Offical site[/url] [url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Web.html]NASA TV[/url] [url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/]JPL MER2004[/url] [url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/statustextonly.html]Text feed[/url]
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#239 2006-11-02 15:37:51
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Re: Spammer
Artist spamming her work - pretty girl, nice work, still spam ...
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#240 2006-11-04 02:35:36
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#241 2006-11-07 23:20:23
- noosfractal
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Re: Spammer
Spammer selling spam software ( I think these are the worst type, although the scam artists are a close second ) ...
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#242 2006-11-10 02:11:09
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Re: Spammer
Nurse jobs spammer ...
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#243 2006-11-10 04:42:44
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Re: Spammer
Drug spammer ...
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#244 2006-11-10 04:48:25
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Re: Spammer
Dreaded Christmas spammer ...
http://www.newmars.com/forums/profile.p … ile&u=1898
( now that really is rude, everyone knows you're not supposed to advertise Christmas stuff until after Thanksgiving )
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#245 2006-11-10 09:30:31
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Re: Spammer
[color=darkred]Let's go to Mars and far beyond - triple NASA's budget ![/color] [url=irc://freenode#space] #space channel !! [/url] [url=http://www.youtube.com/user/c1cl0ps] - videos !!![/url]
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#246 2006-11-10 15:23:49
- Josh Cryer
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Re: Spammer
I looked at the members list, and I noticed that a good deal of our "members" have "spammerish" names.
I deleted like a dozen of them yesterday before it got too arduous. I'm wondering what you guys think. How can we combat this. Would be be necessarily evil to require people post a few times legitimately or their account gets deleted? A "hello" thread? Or what? I dunno.
It looks dauntnig deleting these spammer looking names from our database (at least the ones who have never seemed to post). I'm wondering how bad it really is.
Some useful links while MER are active. [url=http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html]Offical site[/url] [url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Web.html]NASA TV[/url] [url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/]JPL MER2004[/url] [url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/statustextonly.html]Text feed[/url]
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#247 2006-11-10 22:57:36
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Re: Spammer
May be a sign-up notice like this would help:
Attention spammers: any links you post will be submitted to abuse@google.com for removal from their database. A single post here will ruin your entire campaign.
Of course, it won't help if they don't speak english.
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#248 2006-11-11 02:43:31
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Re: Spammer
Josh, I am an administrator on a non-english aquarium-related forum. There, I require members to make at least 1 post in one month after they registered, otherwise I delete the account. We have a special introductory section, where every user is required to talk a little bit about him(her)self and his aquarium, experience with certain species, etc.
And about spammers: we've seen that most spammers come from a certain IP address. For example this week: 209.160.65.49, with the domains
wprihwpihwrhwpir.org
fldojhwprhwp.info
pfjhpw2ihpjhr.info
pjhgwprjhwprh.info
lofhpwirhgpwirhg.info
Everything that was ever posted from that IP was spam (and it wasn't a human, but a bot). I just banned that IP 4 days ago, and all email addresses from those domains, and we received no more spam and there isn't any registered user with "spamish" names for 4 days. I don't know how much time this will last, but usually it's a week or so.
You can prune the memberlist here if you want, deleting users with no posts ever and registered, let's say, at least 3-4 months ago.
Just my opinion.
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#249 2006-11-11 05:07:02
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Re: Spammer
... I require members to make at least 1 post in one month after they registered, otherwise I delete the account. We have a special introductory section, where every user is required to talk a little bit about him(her)self and his aquarium, experience with certain species, etc.
It's not clear that the extra hassle for new users is worth it. Once this becomes standard the spammers will work around it by making the required post. A more effective way would be to PM new users that don't post within a fixed time and ask them to "intelligently" acknowledge their interest, this will be much harder for bots to handle. It may also have the positive side effect of engaging them in the debate.
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