Antimartin...

immoral_angeluk

I'm not popular to be spammed.... *sob*

*srjp*

I'm new here so don't know if this has been covered, but why don't the site admins simply restrict the ability of users to send PMs to more than one person at a time?

If they can't do that on this vBulletin board then just create another usergroup, make it able to use PMs, then set an auto-promotion to move users to it after 30 posts.
At the same time stop the 'normal' default registered group from sending any PMs.
Result is that no one can send PMs until they have made 30 posts, by which time they should have been identified as spammers and removed anyway.

The_Fiddler_2

What about an IP ban?

*srjp*

The_Fiddler wrote: »

What about an IP ban?

Ineffective really because they will just re-route through a different server, and even if they aren't using a proxy their ISP will change their specific IP fairly frequently meaning you only block it temporarily. To be effective you have to block out an entire higher node which can mean shutting out anyone who shares a server with them.

The auto-promote group option is the most effective solution because it only inconveniences newbies for a short period.

I only reply to this as I just properly joined the site yesterday and have already had a spam PM from 'AntiMartin'.

cattie1

southernscouser wrote: »

I'd put money on them being scammers from Nigeria. You can just tell from the way it's written. :rolleyes:

But you can get your own back! :rotfl:

If you can't be bothered to read it all, at least look at the pictures!

http://81.174.148.254/forums/showthread.php?t=307

that is HI-LARIUOS!!!!!

aaroncaz

I,ve had abt 3 of them, i just delete them.

taxi73

Thanks for all the replies....so I will continue to delete them everyday....I just didn't know whether there was a way to stop them.I'm a bit of a tecnophobe so didn't open the link....is it dangerous to open it...will it infect the site or my computer if I'd opened it.

The_Fiddler_2

I think we can add thriftybuyer to the list - watch out for spamming posts

*srjp*

taxi73 wrote: »

I'm a bit of a tecnophobe so didn't open the link....is it dangerous to open it...will it infect the site or my computer if I'd opened it.

You did exactly the right thing. No one can tell what's at the end of a link without following it themselves so no one can tell you if it's safe. Simply reading the message will not do you or this site any harm but just carry on deleting them before you even have time to be curious and all will be fine.

inmypocketnottheirs

We could do with a 'report this message' button in the message folder. I too have been plagued.