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Points: 33 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote jwmagno Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 November 2010 at 4:25pm
Thanks Bruce. Seems that in our panic we created our own problem here.
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Points: 9844 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote WebWiz-Bruce Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 November 2010 at 5:52pm
Are looking at adding a new feature to Web Wiz Forums, some type of 'Nuke Spammer' button that will suspend the members account, block there email address, and delete their posts. Which should make things simpler.

There is also a guide on the page below on protecting your forum from spammers:-
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Points: 1192 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote 123Simples Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 November 2010 at 6:20pm
Originally posted by WebWiz-Bruce WebWiz-Bruce wrote:

Are looking at adding a new feature to Web Wiz Forums, some type of 'Nuke Spammer' button that will suspend the members account, block there email address, and delete their posts. Which should make things simpler.

There is also a guide on the page below on protecting your forum from spammers:-



Bruce - I think the Nuke Spammer option sounds really great. It would be a welcome addition to the web wiz forum software Thumbs Up
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Points: 530 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote billd3 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 November 2010 at 2:36pm
Amen to that - as I've stated in another post here..
We have at least a spammer a day, sometimes two. Ah, the negatives of being found and popular!
We have an unwritten rule that any mod who suspends a user also puts their name in the comments section and why, then the spammers posts are moved into a graveyard. We then periodically clean out the graveyard. That way if someone gets a bit over-anxious and kills a post that really isn't to be killed, we can review and move it back. Sort of a purgatory for posts........
I'd love it if the "new option" would comment automatically as to what mod took the nuke action and gave the option to move instead of delete posts, but delete would be ok - hide might be good, too.
Whatever works best for all.......
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Points: 2 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote merlinmags Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 December 2010 at 4:39pm
I made a small mod to our forum (v9.66) to add a "Kill spammer" option to each post. Then when we spot an obvious spammer posting nonsense with lots of dodgy links, we click once to:
 
1. delete all users posts
2. reset stats for each thread and forum affected
3. change user 'notes' to say "spammer"
4. set user non-active and suspend them
 
It wasn't too hard, if you know your ASP. I did write a SQL stored procedure to make things a bit easier though. Nothing complicated though.
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