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squattingmouse
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 |  Subject: Spam comments on tabletop geeks  Wed 12 Jan 2011 - 23:20 | |
| Well does anyone else get 2 or 3 spam comments a day then? Their all from email addresses I don't recognise and I've not been dumb enough to click on any of the strange urls on them. Just wondering is all. | |
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DeafNala
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| | Subject: Re: Spam comments on tabletop geeks Wed 12 Jan 2011 - 23:39 | |
| FUNNY YOU SHOULD MENTION IT: I had gotten in the habit of visiting the site mainly when I got an approval/disapproval messages. Then one day I got the call & when I checked I had 152 messages in spam & a few in trash. Yesterday I checked & found 16 of the buggers waiting to be deep sixed. This morning there were 6 &, when I saw your thread, I double check to find 3 more. Well, at least it's catching them, which is something...I suppose.  | |
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Svenn
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| | Subject: Re: Spam comments on tabletop geeks Thu 13 Jan 2011 - 1:36 | |
| Yeah, unfortunately there's no way to really stop the bots from trying... but I've got 2 spam filters that should be catching them. You can freely just clear out the spam stuff. If I can find a better way to take care of them I'll put it in place.  Also, anything in the spam filter should be auto-deleted after a set period I believe, so you don't have to bother manually clearing them. | |
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Svenn
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| | Subject: Re: Spam comments on tabletop geeks Thu 13 Jan 2011 - 2:01 | |
| Good news! I found a solution that might eliminate that spam. I was able to implement a simple CAPTCHA that should ONLY show up for spam bots, which should help to prevent them from ever even showing up in the spam filter. Let me know how it works. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Spam comments on tabletop geeks Thu 13 Jan 2011 - 19:50 | |
| Dang Svenn, you get things done! | |
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Svenn
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| | Subject: Re: Spam comments on tabletop geeks Thu 13 Jan 2011 - 19:52 | |
| - Figgy wrote:
- Dang Svenn, you get things done!
And I'm even sick!  This is why I tell people to just let me know if there's anything they would like to see though. I'll get it done. | |
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DeafNala
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| | Subject: Re: Spam comments on tabletop geeks Thu 13 Jan 2011 - 20:05 | |
| HERE HE COMES TO SAVE THE DAY... WELL DONE, Mighty Mouse...erm, Svenn! I got 1 spam notification this morning & that has been all the action for the day.  | |
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Svenn
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WarbossKurgan
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| | Subject: Re: Spam comments on tabletop geeks Fri 14 Jan 2011 - 12:50 | |
| I've had no spam on mine since you added this! Good job mate!  | |
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DeafNala
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| | Subject: Re: Spam comments on tabletop geeks Fri 14 Jan 2011 - 13:33 | |
| Thus far it's been a Spam-less day...WELL DONE, Svenn! | |
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Svenn
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| | Subject: Re: Spam comments on tabletop geeks Fri 14 Jan 2011 - 14:32 | |
| Excellent, glad to hear it's working! | |
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Svenn
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| | Subject: Re: Spam comments on tabletop geeks Tue 15 Feb 2011 - 14:52 | |
| It's been a month now... how's the spam? I'm not seeing any on the main site or my user site so I think it worked. | |
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DeafNala
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| | Subject: Re: Spam comments on tabletop geeks Tue 15 Feb 2011 - 15:10 | |
| I just checked & the Beasty is spamless... WELL DONE! | |
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