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Rogerka
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   Posted: 11 Sept 2013 at 8:14am |
I think that's good idea 
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Peace out
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Scott
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Posted: 11 Sept 2013 at 9:49am |
Originally posted by RogerkaI think that's good idea They are still spamming like crazy, but most of it is hidden from public view. I don't think they realize that most of their spam is not even visible on the site anymore.
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Scott
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Posted: 13 Sept 2013 at 12:24am |
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Since a majority of all the new account sign-ups all appear to be spam related accounts, I am temporarily suspending new user registrations. We will turn on new account registrations once we get the spam under control and make some planned changes to the site. Thank you for understanding.
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Scott
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Posted: 13 Sept 2013 at 3:38pm |
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I spent another big chunk of the day cleaning up spam. I will be so glad when we switch servers and upgrade the forums.
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Scott
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Posted: 15 Sept 2013 at 1:38pm |
Okay, successfully cleaned the spam out of the Recipes section. The spammers keep trying though. Thousands of spam has been blocked, just in the last few days. I guess they think that by turning up the volume they can make me give up. Nope.
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Scott
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Posted: 17 Sept 2013 at 9:31pm |
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Luckily the changes I made have stopped new spam from being visible on the site. Their bots keep trying to register new users and post new spam, but at least 95% of it never is visible to other users.
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Scott
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Posted: 17 Sept 2013 at 10:28pm |
Okay, I made a dent in the spam replies in the Caribbean Cooking & Recipes forum. Still several more pages to go, but at least we are closer to getting that forum section cleaned up.
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Scott
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Posted: 03 Oct 2013 at 5:23am |
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Well, the spam cleanup continues. I have suspended hundreds of spammer accounts, most of which seem to be posting from China IP addresses. I've started looking up their IP address as I suspend their accounts and adding the country of origin to their profile.
We also have a spammer from India and the U.S. in addition to the one from China. The one from China is using some sort of automated script to post. Apparently it is not smart enough to know when their accounts are suspended and tries to log in and continue posting. I can see it in the logs.
Making progress on the cleanup though.
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vutjebal
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Posted: 08 Oct 2013 at 3:30am |
I know you can....... 
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Duck Sauce
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Okay, so I was able to delete nearly 1000 pieces of spam today. I will come back and keep cleaning. There is so much to do.
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"One person can make a difference, one person can change the world, but you must choose to do so. You must make the future or others will make it for you." -J. Michael Straczynski
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