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.
"____ is the best ___ known to me so far"
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"____ is the best ___ known to me so far"
Gale's Law: The bigger the woodworking project, the less the mistakes show in any photo taken far enough away to show the entire project!
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Re: "____ is the best ___ known to me so far"
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.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.
PS: Never mind. I just saw an prime example (Cally1950). I don't see this post as harmful though; just a nuisance.
Last edited by dusty on Mon Jan 12, 2015 8:21 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: "____ is the best ___ known to me so far"
Dusty, check out this post. http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/viewt ... p?p=182249
EDIT: admin has deleted the post.
EDIT: admin has deleted the post.
Gale's Law: The bigger the woodworking project, the less the mistakes show in any photo taken far enough away to show the entire project!
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Re: "____ is the best ___ known to me so far"
This is good and there is another one to delete today. This one in General Woodworking by Sais1962.algale wrote:Dusty, check out this post. http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/viewt ... p?p=182249
EDIT: admin has deleted the post.
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