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Anti-Spam system enacted...

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:59 am
by tadmin
This forum has been getting slammed with fraudulent registrations lately. It was impossible to tell the good registrations from the bad. So, I have enabled a different and better CAPTCHA system as well as some challenge questions that must be answered. If you have problems with registering, please contact us at forum@toronado.org and we'll help any way we can!

Thanks,
The Management

Re: Anti-Spam system enacted...

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:22 pm
by Twilight Fenrir
Glad to hear that. That's been annoying.

Re: Anti-Spam system enacted...

Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:11 pm
by toro_mike
Just an update... The false registrations have stopped. So, it seems to be working! One small battle in the overall war won, with many more to be fought, I am sure!

Re: Anti-Spam system enacted...

Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 8:39 am
by Twilight Fenrir
Well... Seems an update is necessary o.o

Re: Anti-Spam system enacted...

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 5:38 pm
by toro_mike
Please note: There is an ! in the lower-right of every post. This is designed to report spammers to the administrator. I do the best I can to stem the tide, but cannot catch every spammer. Please start using this feature so we can stamp out spammers!

Thanks.

Re: Anti-Spam system enacted...

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 9:04 am
by Otto Skorzeny
Apparently the anti-spam measures need to be upgraded. See previous post.

Re: Anti-Spam system enacted...

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 6:35 am
by toro_mike
I agree. I'll see what I can do.

Sorry for not keeping up... I started a new job about a month ago and have not had much time to moderate the forums.

PLEASE report spammers to the administrator (me) so I can get them deleted faster!!

Thanks,
Mike

Re: Anti-Spam system enacted...

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 10:18 am
by Otto Skorzeny
I hit that (!) all the time. There are two posters whose accounts should be deleted.

One of them always lifts a sentence or phrase from a previous post. I have no idea what it's supposed to accomplish.

This is the one: najatuw4646

Re: Anti-Spam system enacted...

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 11:40 am
by tadmin
Thanks Otto. I'll keep a closer eye on the notifications (as much as I can).

Re: Anti-Spam system enacted...

Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2019 3:56 pm
by Schurkey
I volunteer to help remove Spam posts. What can I do besides report them?