Tonight I spent a good 6 hours cleaning out the entire database from hidden links, website spam and more. I have also locked down the forum so that it will be much more difficult for users to post spam links. Most spam messages will be visible in new posts and easily deleted. I'd like to thank each and every one of you for having helped out with the spam problems -- army judge, cbg, CdwJava, Gail in Georgia irish223, jacksgal, proserpina and mightymoose (hope I didn't miss anyone) -- really folks, thank you so much for helping us combat the spam.
Primarily, most of it comes from India and the Philippines. I'm considering locking off the server to most of those IP addresses since the noise ratio is excessive. For now, we should be fine and let me know if you encounter any problems. Some of you have been given promoted permissions (approved users) so enjoy your new powers, lol!
Primarily, most of it comes from India and the Philippines. I'm considering locking off the server to most of those IP addresses since the noise ratio is excessive. For now, we should be fine and let me know if you encounter any problems. Some of you have been given promoted permissions (approved users) so enjoy your new powers, lol!