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Private Message spamming
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20 Apr 2007 Fri 08:55 am |
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Do people get warned before they are deleted? Or does it come unannouced? Of course if it is obcene or offensive, of course there needs to be no warning....
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20 Apr 2007 Fri 09:48 am |
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message number 171 from earlier on in this thread, by catwoman:
Quoting catwoman: Well... I'm not Admin, but I can answer your question. People who are deleted for spam are not notified about it. If there are at least five messages from them that are marked as spam, and they have no contribution to the web site, they are automatically deleted. Those who are less clear cases, are warned about the possibility of being deleted. They can either change their behavior or eventually they will be deleted. It's a problem that people who were deleted, keep coming back - that was the reason why we started doing the email authorization (you have to provide a valid email address in order to become a member). It is harder now to keep starting new accounts, but some people just don't get the message.. |
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20 Apr 2007 Fri 08:09 pm |
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Maybe there should be a progessive disciplinary approach. For example;
A first warning sent to the classmate after so many spams.
Then a final warning sent if you continue to receive more spams. After a final warning, if you receive more spams then delete the person. It needs to be fair and consistent and some how investigated. But then again lifes not always fair.
:-S
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20 Apr 2007 Fri 08:13 pm |
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Ok attention to detail isn't my best thing. I just read catwoman's response.
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20 Apr 2007 Fri 08:16 pm |
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While were on this topic, what about identity theft? What is the procedure for this at this site?
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21 Apr 2007 Sat 09:35 pm |
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Quoting teaschip1: Maybe there should be a progessive disciplinary approach. For example;
A first warning sent to the classmate after so many spams.
Then a final warning sent if you continue to receive more spams. After a final warning, if you receive more spams then delete the person. It needs to be fair and consistent and some how investigated. But then again lifes not always fair.
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Ok, your HR background is showing!! 
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22 Apr 2007 Sun 03:23 am |
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I've heard of some sites setting up IP bans. I don't know how complicated that could be, but it could be one solution. 
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22 Apr 2007 Sun 10:29 pm |
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Quoting stellargirl: I've heard of some sites setting up IP bans. I don't know how complicated that could be, but it could be one solution. |
Not really, you could set up on one computer with an IP address and then use on another computer with different IP, as I do!! So you could go into any internet cafe set an account and then use on your home computer.
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23 Apr 2007 Mon 03:40 am |
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Quoting stellargirl: I've heard of some sites setting up IP bans. I don't know how complicated that could be, but it could be one solution. |
it also doesn't work if the user has set up dynamic ip address configuration on their computer...meaning a new ip address is generated everytime they log on to the internet.
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23 Apr 2007 Mon 01:45 pm |
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Quoting gezbelle: Quoting stellargirl: I've heard of some sites setting up IP bans. I don't know how complicated that could be, but it could be one solution. |
it also doesn't work if the user has set up dynamic ip address configuration on their computer...meaning a new ip address is generated everytime they log on to the internet. |
I knew that as well 
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08 May 2007 Tue 09:59 pm |
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Summer is coming, spam is increasing. Is there a connection?
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