Agreed. I'll take abother look at what tools we have at our disposal, but for the time being at least, we're going to continue to rely on the mods to catch and delete posts. Not too much sense in posting in a spam thread, as it is unlikely to last more than an hour or two...

It's too bad, but Gun is right about membership. The load on the administrators goes up, and it slows down growth, but vetting each new applicant might shut most of this stuff down.

Matthias

(copied from a recent thread)

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siguy

...wow.....

how many things do you think this spammer can post withought wearing themselves out?

i mean really, how long can this last?

perhaps we can PLEASE block this person's IP, because i get the feeling that it is the same person that keeps posting all of the others.      

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CanDo

http://www.hostedscripts.com/scripts/antispam.html      

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Matthias

I suspect that you are right, although this one was posted using a proxy server - it is getting increasingly hard to block this type of stuff. I'll look into additional domain blocking, but I suspect that we've made it onto some master list of forums with open posting priveleges. This isn't a mass emailing, so unless someone has worked a Yabb-specific spambot (you shouldn't even say such things out loud) it's some guy typing it in every time. 

Oooh, I like that idea!

just so everyone knows i am taking my email address off of my profile tonight just to be on the safe side. If you need to get a hold of me instant message me on the sight or ask one of the other moderators they have my email address.

We can disable guest posting, which would eliminate some of the spam.  These scripts aren't always smart enough to figure out how to register an account.  Users would require an account, but there wouldn't be a vetting process.

If it gets worse, we can consider this move...
Chris

If/when we do get rid of guest posting and make it needed to be a member, I suggest having a thing where a valid email address is sent in, and the site sends a link back to the email which opens the account. This could stop the automated registering. But then, a lot of people would be turned away. Some people probably wouldn't want to take the time to register. But then, if they are that impatient, then they probably won't be a big poster... 

the problem with the e-mail register key is that sometimes e-mails will not be working, or the email will be put in the junk/spam folder automatically, and deleted by most people that simply scan down the list quickly and delete them all.  also, the system is not foolproof.  i am still waiting for a register key that i signed up for nearly a month ago, but i can not check my junk folder because i can't figure out how to get to it.

to tell you the truth, i don't know what kind of e-mail that i use.  my dad set up all of the accounts for my family, and i don't even know what site they are based on.

if i was really woried about it, i can just ask my dad what to do.