Potpourii 4Q 2010

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:55 pm

This thread is for discussing anything and everything.

Last quarter's thread was:

https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=75740#post75740

heathicus · Post by **heathicus** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 10:01 am

Interesting spamming method from that "raj" guy. Looks to me like it's a bot copying posts from forums, then pasting them on other forums where certain keywords match.

SDSSmith · Post by **SDSSmith** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 10:18 am

heathicus wrote:Interesting spamming method from that "raj" guy. Looks to me like it's a bot copying posts from forums, then pasting them on other forums where certain keywords match.

I was thinking the same thing regardin a 'bot'. I wonder how many more "raj" users we will see. I count two currently.

mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 3:27 pm

It appears raj## has been 'terminated' by admin!!!! Bye-bye raj##!!

robinson46176 · Post by **robinson46176** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 7:57 am

I own a dozen email lists and the spammers are getting harder and harder to keep at bay. I have them all set to where everyone is on moderated status when they join then if they post a valid message I set them to unmoderated but stuff is beginning to leak through the cracks. Some are getting around Yahoo's settings somehow. I am also seeing a few that join and actually post a legit first message then start the spamming. In other cases regular members get their email ID hijacked and the spam starts coming in that looks like it is from long term members. I can't moderate all messages, one list alone is over 1,300 members.
I would like to see some of the scammers and spammers doing serious time.

A few hundred "serious" examples would cut the numbers way down. Why should they stop now? There are no real steady consequences and there are plenty of fools out there to keep it very profitable for them.

If they would just catch them and turn them over to me I could "re-train" them...

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:05 am

robinson46176 wrote: . . .
If they would just catch them and turn them over to me I could "re-train" them...

Put em to 'work' breaking uhhh 'training to ride' horses.

mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 8:21 pm

robinson46176 wrote:I own a dozen email lists..........
Some are getting around Yahoo's settings somehow. I am also seeing a few that join and actually post a legit first message then start the spamming. In other cases regular members get their email ID hijacked and the spam starts coming in that looks like it is from long term members. .....

Any suggestions on what we should be doing to reduce the pain should our email ID get hijacked? Should we be using a sacrificial email address on forums? I use my primary one.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 8:26 pm

mickyd wrote:Any suggestions on what we should be doing to reduce the pain should our email ID get hijacked? Should we be using a sacrificial email address on forums? I use my primary one.

You just HAD to bring that up!!!:mad::eek:

(Email address snatchers)

mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 8:27 pm

JPG40504 wrote:You just HAD to bring that up!!!:mad::eek:

What???????

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 8:31 pm

mickyd wrote:What???????

Email address snatchers!:(