I was looking for a phpBB mod you could use to fully clean all traces of spam accounts out of your database when you delete the accounts (goodbye, Nicole!) but I haven't found one just yet. I did however come across something you might want to consider: spam hammer, by dangerousprototypes. Sounds like it has some good features.
Anything that lets you folks get back to creating new products and us customers figuring out how to use them is a Good Thing(tm).
Spam management
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Re: Spam management
hi bruce,BruceF wrote:I was looking for a phpBB mod you could use to fully clean all traces of spam accounts out of your database when you delete the accounts (goodbye, Nicole!) but I haven't found one just yet. I did however come across something you might want to consider: spam hammer, by dangerousprototypes. Sounds like it has some good features.
Anything that lets you folks get back to creating new products and us customers figuring out how to use them is a Good Thing(tm).
is there any spam here at all?
on the rare occasion there is, it lasts about 5 minutes, the account(s) are removed, the IP/username/emails are all banned, this all happens instantly and without any real effort from us
thanks,
adafruit
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Re: Spam management
However there are still remnants left over. For example there was a post by "Nicole" in the Announcements forum on the topic "ADAFRUIT JOBS BOARD IS OPEN! adafruit.com/jobs". The last post for both the Forum and the Topic views still show "Nicole" and are currently displaying as unread (for me). Viewing the topic doesn't seem to be enough and instead I need to either click "View latest post" or "Mark Topics Read" to make it finally mark as read.
Check this topic for more details:
http://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=16226
Check this topic for more details:
http://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=16226
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Re: Spam management
that goes away within a few hours or so.Chankster wrote:However there are still remnants left over. For example there was a post by "Nicole" in the Announcements forum on the topic "ADAFRUIT JOBS BOARD IS OPEN! adafruit.com/jobs". The last post for both the Forum and the Topic views still show "Nicole" and are currently displaying as unread (for me). Viewing the topic doesn't seem to be enough and instead I need to either click "View latest post" or "Mark Topics Read" to make it finally mark as read.
Check this topic for more details:
http://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=16226
thanks,
adafruit
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Re: Spam management
It goes away when someone posts something newer, but you have to "mark all posts read" to reset the red highlight on posts and forums. Nicole still has the most recent post in the Announcement forum, according to the front index page.adafruit wrote: that goes away within a few hours or so.
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adafruit
This is all a bit obsessive, no doubt, but I expect that's a common trait among makers and hangers-on.
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Re: Spam management
Colour me obsessive then. I too find it annoying when the new-posts indicator gets stuck on like that. But at least adafruit does deal with the spam and I thank them for that!BruceF wrote:This is all a bit obsessive, no doubt, but I expect that's a common trait among makers and hangers-on.
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Re: Spam management
Given that for whatever reason, I can't PM Adafruit, or Adafruit support, I figured i'd put this here.
http://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=18893
Spam (currently the last post, by Lotuspec)
I did report the post, and absolutely nothing happened, as it is still there.
http://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=18893
Spam (currently the last post, by Lotuspec)
I did report the post, and absolutely nothing happened, as it is still there.
Please be positive and constructive with your questions and comments.