Forum spam
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Hi
Thank you for bearing with me through a deluge of spam recently.
I have started limiting posts from new members to a rate of one every ten minutes. This should be annoying to spammers but I hope it has little impact on anybody else.
Let me know if you strike any problems.
Matthew
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Spam is always a bit of cat and mouse. Cat finds a new way to catch mouse so mouse finds new way to hide and cause maham.
Money
I remember a case a few years ago in America where they prosecuted a spammer. From his own evidence 1 in 10000 emails got a response with an average spend of $40. He made 2 million dollars in 2 years. He only got 3 years jail time
@Matthew - I'm guessing you've disabled hyperlinks in forums to discourage spam - fine idea, if so. But we seem to have lost all other formatting too - line breaks, new paragraphs ... Every post is coming up as one endless paragraph of text - hard to read. Is this deliberate?
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| Forum | This website |
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| Started by | matthew |
| On | 9 March 2017 |
| Replies | 16 |
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Participation in the forums signifies acceptance of forum rules.
In order to manage spam, new members are limited to 1 post every 10 minutes.
Formatting your posts
The forums support MarkDown syntax. Following is a quick reference.
| Type this... | To get this... | |
|---|---|---|
| Italic | *Italic text* | *Italic text* |
| Bold | **Bold text** | **Bold text** |
| Quoted text | > Quoted text | > Quoted text |
| Emojis | :smile: :+1: :astonished: :heart: | :smile: :+1: :astonished: :heart: |
| Lists |
- item 1 - item 2 - item 3 |
- item 1 - item 2 - item 3 |
| Links | https://tramper.nz | https://tramper.nz |
| Images |  URL/of/image |
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| Mentions | @username | @username |