"____ is the best ___ known to me so far"

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"____ is the best ___ known to me so far"

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There has been an influx of spam from new "members". All take the same form. Some post (frequently an old one) mentioned some item, be it a table saw or paint sprayer, and the spammer replies with a link to another product stating "model x is the best type of tool y known to me so far...."

The phrase in bold appears in each of these spammers' posts. I wonder if there's a way for admin to program the reply function to automatically detect and delete any attempted post that includes the above bolded language.
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algale wrote:There has been an influx of spam from new "members". All take the same form. Some post (frequently an old one) mentioned some item, be it a table saw or paint sprayer, and the spammer replies with a link to another product stating "model x is the best type of tool y known to me so far...."

The phrase in bold appears in each of these spammers' posts. I wonder if there's a way for admin to program the reply function to automatically detect and delete any attempted post that includes the above bolded language.
I have not spotted any of these lately. Can you post a specific example. I typically do not worry about spammers unless their post contains a link (to anything). I never click on a link that comes to me this way and I put the username on my "Foe" list.

PS: Never mind. I just saw an prime example (Cally1950). I don't see this post as harmful though; just a nuisance.
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Dusty, check out this post. http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/viewt ... p?p=182249

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algale wrote:Dusty, check out this post. http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/viewt ... p?p=182249

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This is good and there is another one to delete today. This one in General Woodworking by Sais1962.
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