On May 24, 2009, at 5:36 AM, Richard L. Hamilton wrote:

At least in the following (I didn't check everything!):

musoka-discuss
star-discuss
tpm-discuss
valex-discuss
vconsole-discuss

Patterns:
* low-volume forums
* typically associated with one account per forum

And 15 messages per spew per user account. That is the usual pattern, yes. They're looking for free hosting driven by google searches.

I don't know if this indicates where it's appearing, or only
where it's not already been cleaned out by the time I see it...

Well, the application's 'spam' filter is useless and, dare I say broken, so it can happen anywhere. Fortunately, the spam filters on the mail system have been punting most of this stuff since Feb after I rebuilt it all so it doesn't make it to the mailing lists, but it is a good reminder that there's a lot of crap still hanging around in the mail archives that should be cleaned out, too.

I've removed the spam from the forums you mentioned and appreciate the report. I really hate these lowlifes and find it rather embarrassing that we can't keep up with them a bit better.

Please let us know when you see spam in the forums as the only thing more annoying than a spammer is giving a spammer free hosting.

e.
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