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John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 07 2011 06:21 AM

This morning I got an email of a private message, went here couldn't it. Then I realized it was sent to an account on a previous user name "Johnny Dickshot" I checked in under that name, saw the PM was sent as a reply to a thread in the archives ("Let's Go SHaMs!" in fact) and the message was .... a picture of a crane. Also an ad hyperlink I didn't click. "Kingjones" was the user, I'm sure you guys have already flagged him. This is the first PM spam I ever got just curious if he hit the rest of the room.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 07 2011 07:15 AM Re: PM spam

Was this from the baby-blue colored archives, in the phpBB version 2? I think maybe it's time we purged that stuff.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 07 2011 07:33 AM Re: PM spam

Nope, this thread: [url]http://www.cranepoolforum.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=1076 A fine thread btw

metirish Feb 07 2011 08:13 AM Re: PM spam

No spam for me....... Wide BeeGee Since the Mets have essentially become a minor league team Gold

Edgy DC Feb 07 2011 09:45 AM Re: PM spam

Jonesy sent me this: Ace Crane designs, builds, installs and services the following items: Bridge Crane, Jib Cranes, Gantry Cranes, Work Station Cranes, Wire Rope Hoists, Chain Hoists and Crane Accessories. Lets have a look...... _________________ Electric Chain Hoist Best Penny Auction Site Those last two lines were links. I deactivated his or her account --- after following those links. You kow what a sucker I am for crane accessories.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 07 2011 10:10 AM Re: PM spam

That's the one.

Valadius Feb 07 2011 11:26 AM Re: PM spam

I got it too.

metirish Feb 28 2011 05:07 PM Re: PM spam

Just got this Message subject: Women Not Interested? Check out our new online course and learn the secrets of how to attract any woman you want. We are so confident that our formulaic method will work, that we offer a money back guarantee if you feel your technique has not improved at the end of the course. Our course is available to any English speaking person regardless of ages or sex. (Our methods can be used by women too!) Please visit our website for more info: http://www.rlaschool.com/ are we able to report Spam?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 28 2011 05:33 PM Re: PM spam

I got that one too.

metirish Feb 28 2011 05:38 PM Re: PM spam

We are so confident that our formulaic method will work, I wouldn't have put that in there myself, formulaic? , I don't want formulaic, bad sales right there bub.

Edgy DC Feb 28 2011 05:39 PM Re: PM spam

rlaschool has done got hisself banned.

seawolf17 Feb 28 2011 05:49 PM Re: PM spam

This one found me as well.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 28 2011 05:50 PM Re: PM spam

Edgy DC wrote: rlaschool has done got hisself banned. AND deleted.

Edgy DC Feb 28 2011 05:58 PM Re: PM spam

The question is... which one of us put him in the Approved Posters pool? My guess is that you don't have to be approved for posting to be approved for sending PMs. Maybe we need to find the toggle on that.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 28 2011 06:39 PM Re: PM spam

I didn't approve him/her.

seawolf17 Mar 01 2011 07:23 AM Re: PM spam

Not I.

Kong76 Mar 02 2011 06:10 PM Re: PM spam

I didn't either. Between tonight and another night I easily probably deleted more than a thousand of these false registrants from the phpMyAdmin side and I just changed a setting on the board admin side to re- quire passwords to be more complex and include symbols. The setting description was: "Determines how complex a password needs to be when set or altered, subsequent options include the previous ones." Don't know if this will help, I'll keep an eye on it the next couple of days.

Edgy DC Mar 02 2011 06:40 PM Re: PM spam

Thanks for the heavy lifting. It takes a subtle eye to notice the one registrant in the haystack who just mieeeght be kosher, and sometimes I'm too weary to keep an eye out and I'm afriad I've vaporized one or two or three real registrants over time. I'm going to search for a togglle that disallows PM-ing unless you're in the approved users group.

Kong76 Mar 02 2011 06:50 PM Re: PM spam

I accidentally nuked metsfanwife with my wide painting brush. I did salvage someone like Mets4Life or something who was buried in with the rabble ... haven't checked if that's someone who's posted but it's more believable than say a ChumbaFang007.

Edgy DC Mar 02 2011 07:21 PM Re: PM spam

Ouch. She was one of my bold recruits. No whoop. I'll re-establish her.

Kong76 Mar 02 2011 07:32 PM Re: PM spam

Totally didn't see her. Sorry.

Kong76 Mar 03 2011 04:59 AM Re: PM spam

I hope you didn't fix her yet because I deleted a hundred more this morning (wow, a hundred in less that 12 hours) and I didn't see her when doing it and she's still gone. Sorry again.

Edgy DC Mar 03 2011 07:06 AM Re: PM spam

Oh, dear.

Edgy DC Mar 03 2011 07:12 AM Re: PM spam

I tried to re-register her, but now her e-mail is invalid.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 03 2011 07:23 AM Re: PM spam

I remember I had created a utility to make it easier for you to delete the spammers, but I looked at it recently and it seems to be missing the vast majority of them. I'll have to revisit that when I get a chance.

Edgy DC Mar 03 2011 07:24 AM Re: PM spam

KC is ruining any chance I had with this chick. Any chance at all... poof, gone.

TransMonk May 12 2011 06:27 AM Re: PM spam

I got a message from sallyliao last night stating: I am not confident in Castro's ability to take on a starting role. Then a link to some place I didn't go. Don't these bots know that we traded Castro some time ago?