Can someone turn the spam filter up a notch please!

[Spokes]

We seem to have been shamed by someone. Can they be blocked?

Chris

[shovelon]

Keep reporting them and I will keep removing them.

Thanks for your diligence,
Terry

[Spokes]

Thanks Terry

Chris

[Spokes]

Hi Terry there's another one. Othellfew is a casino spam.

Cheers

Chris

[shovelon]

Hi Terry there's another one. Othellfew is a casino spam.

Cheers

Chris

Got him.

[Spokes]

Thanking you! 

Chris

[purple gerbil]

Thank you terry!

[kiwi]

Doing a good job.At one point i was deleting heaps and heaps of them.It got tiresome in the end

[orange]

Likewise I am deleting them as they are reported to me.

[shovelon]

Yeah. Let's just keep playing "Whack-a-mole".  Was a long time between spamming bouts.

[GrimJack]

I've just installed a forum software update, that may help, and I keep killing their user accounts as well.

It takes them a lot longer to sign up for a new account than it does for me to delete them, and so far they are human users, not bots, so I'm hoping they figure it out and go away.  Admittedly, spammers aren't exactly the sharpest folks around, so maybe I need a bigger hammer.

Worst case, I do have some pretty effective tools - I tend to dislike using them because they tend to obliterate some innocent bystanders - kind of like using land mines as mouse traps.

[beeeerock]

When I was running a forum based on the phpBB3 package, I found that the only way to beat the spam was to cause new members to be approved by the admin.  Therefore, the tipping point was where the time associated with deleting spam accounts exceeded the time associated with approving legitimate ones!  Pretty sad, but that was the reality of it.

I'd like to think the software designed to prevent the spammers from getting in the door has improved, but near as I can tell, there are thousands of poor souls in the third world whose income must be connected to manually creating these accounts.  They answer the questions designed to foil the 'bots and answer the emails to confirm their legitimacy.  It truly is whack-a-mole... and you have my sympathy! 

[Willie_B]

Another board I visit that had the same issue let a few of us have admin privilages so we could delete the spammer accounts. I usually check here at least daily so if that is an option I am willing to help.

[Colin]

Yeh. maybe the "approving" methoid is an option, after all there's not a lot of new (genuine) members!
Likewise, happy to muck in on chores if needed.
Col.

[Spokes]

I'm more than happy to keep reporting to you guys or ill even go round and give these spammers a firm talking to  but that's about as far as my computer skills go. I could accidentally do a lot more damage than a virus!

Chris