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Spam on forum & Facebook group

Postby Ross » Sun Dec 27, 2020 8:37 pm

Hi all,

I am aware and I am working on getting rid of all the spambots but at the moment this is a massive task!

I have disabled any new users from registering whilst I get ontop of it.

Please find out Facebook group here also:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Mazda6OC

Thanks,
Ross.
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Re: Spam on forum & Facebook group

Postby Ross » Sun Dec 27, 2020 8:53 pm

Ok I should have got rid of most of the spam, if I've missed any please report the posts.
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Re: Spam on forum & Facebook group

Postby Ross » Sun Dec 27, 2020 9:17 pm

I've also just deleted nearly 7,000 users that had 0 posts... bot or not, if they're real they can rejoin :)
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Re: Spam on forum & Facebook group

Postby Ross » Sun Dec 27, 2020 9:33 pm

I've turned registrations back on... I'll keep an eye on it :)
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Re: Spam on forum & Facebook group

Postby Steve_C » Mon Dec 28, 2020 8:36 am

Well done Ross - can't be easy clearing out all that rubbish. I'm grateful for your efforts as there's a lot of useful stuff on here.
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Re: Spam on forum & Facebook group

Postby ColinB » Mon Dec 28, 2020 10:30 am

Well done Ross,

I moderate a model boating forum and we are getting around 6 spam registraions a day although they don't usually post anything. The emil addresses given are all in Russian. At the moment I just delet the *!!=£$$s as they pop up.

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Re: Spam on forum & Facebook group

Postby Visitor » Fri Feb 12, 2021 8:40 pm

Thanks Ross, this is a great site with loads of useful posts. Gave up with the fb site as it seemed full of kids from what I could see.
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Re: Spam on forum & Facebook group

Postby gabriella123 » Tue Apr 06, 2021 7:05 am

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Re: Spam on forum & Facebook group

Postby Cookie56 » Fri May 21, 2021 8:56 am

Appreciate your efforts Ross. This forum is a great source of Mazda information and shame it was spoiled by the persistent spamming. Thanks for getting it back on track
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