Re: [slim] Please stop the PM spammers!
So I removed the ability to send PM's to more than one person at a time... sorry but looks like it was being abused. AFAIK there is no way to restrict who can send PM's in any way besides globally. If I make a change it's for everyone in a usergroup (you are all mostly registered users). If anyone knows any different please let me know. Also let me know if someone has spammed you (fwd me the msg) and we will kill their account. Mike -- mvalera Michael Valera Online Communities Manager Logitech Streaming Media Business Unit slimdevices.com mvalera's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11086 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49498 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Please stop the PM spammers!
i don't recall ever getting spam, but i would def be annoyed if i did. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 (primary) / SBR (secondary) / SBC - w/SC 7.1beta - Win XP Pro SP3 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655 MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49498 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Please stop the PM spammers!
This is the only forum I've ever had spam pms on and I complained about them here a few months ago. Sadly, nothing seemed to be done. I've now disabled pms and that seems to have solved the problem. -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk Patrick Dixon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=90 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49498 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Please stop the PM spammers!
on a BB i run a "textual confirmation" plugin all but eliminated spammers from posting. just do a search for it at phpbb.com -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 (primary) / SBR (secondary) / SBC - w/SC 7.1beta - Win XP Pro SP3 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655 MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49498 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Please stop the PM spammers!
>nor seen anyone using it.< We should give Sean some more reputations! ;-) -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49498 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Please stop the PM spammers!
pfarrell;317053 Wrote: > radish wrote: > > They already need to pass a captcha to register an account, so I'm > not > > sure how that could be improved upon. > > Actually captcha are losing the arms race here. They are not a good > long > term solution > [color=blue] > That's kinda what I meant - adding more captchas won't help because they're already beating one. The rep thing exists but it would have to be advertised more to be useful. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49498 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Please stop the PM spammers!
pfarrell;317063 Wrote: > Wow, you are correct. I had not seen it, nor seen anyone using it. > I gave you (Fletch] a rep, but don't see any way to see it. Thanks :-) I first noticed it about 2 years ago when someone first gave me a rep. It shows up in my CP. I have to admit that I'm just as bad as everyone else in that I have no idea how to give out a rep or review reps that I've given. -- Fletch Fletch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49498 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Please stop the PM spammers!
Fletch;317056 Wrote: > Actually, they do but very few users seem to use it. Wow, you are correct. I had not seen it, nor seen anyone using it. I gave you (Fletch] a rep, but don't see any way to see it. -- pfarrell Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html pfarrell's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=200 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49498 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Please stop the PM spammers!
pfarrell;317053 Wrote: > A reputation systems is far more likely to work, but last I checked the > forums don't have reputations. Actually, they do but very few users seem to use it. -- Fletch Fletch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49498 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Please stop the PM spammers!
radish wrote: > They already need to pass a captcha to register an account, so I'm not > sure how that could be improved upon. Actually captcha are losing the arms race here. They are not a good long term solution > maybe we could tie the ability to send PMs > into a poster's reputation, which can be added to when they make > worthwhile posts on the main forums (i.e. not spam). A reputation systems is far more likely to work, but last I checked the forums don't have reputations. Clearly only folks with good reputations can give out reputation points... -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Please stop the PM spammers!
Mnyb;317039 Wrote: > probably more than 10 as the bots usually spamms in all subforums at the > same time in a matter of seconds, human interaction would be it, one of > the pictures with a distorted password maybe ? They already need to pass a captcha to register an account, so I'm not sure how that could be improved upon. Regular spam gets caught pretty quickly but PM spam is harder because unless it's sent to an admin they don't know it's happening. Still it's certainly an increasing problem, I've had a few just today...maybe we could tie the ability to send PMs into a poster's reputation, which can be added to when they make worthwhile posts on the main forums (i.e. not spam). -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49498 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Please stop the PM spammers!
JohnnyLightOn;317029 Wrote: > I've gotten three in the past 10 days! > > PMs should be disabled until the member has a certain number of posts, > such as 10. > > AND/OR, posts and/or PMs should require an extra step that takes human > interaction until the user has reached a certain status. > > If this is not done, casual users will be discouraged from > participating in these forums. > > Thank you! probably more than 10 as the bots usually spamms in all subforums at the same time in a matter of seconds, human interaction would be it, one of the pictures with a distorted password maybe ? -- Mnyb Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49498 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
