New kind of spam

New kind of spam today :

bogus new user IgrekGrom add his spam to an older thread, so it is less obviious that his message is not related to the forum topics.

Still thinking that adding some form of exam in the registering process could help filtering spam.

I agree something should be done. This new spammer is harder to delete as he attaches his message to genuine posts.

I know when you join Yahoo groups, like Dr Tim's, the moderator has to approve your application, before you can join.

Can this be done here by Alfred, John (Orion) or another moderator to stop this endless tide of spam?

I just made the change that new members have to be aproved bij me,,, Ill give john and glow this tool aswell, its in crediblle how some people just fill thousands of forums with spam just for a few kliks, anyway, i hope we stopped it now, but i am afraid haha... greeetzz Alfred.
ps,,, my email adres i use everyday is alfred.zoer [ad] straatklus.nl

[Glowbug]

Thank you Alfred,

Nuked three spam-related activations already

It is a busy time of the year here, so I will do my best to be here at least once per day

Cheers!

[JoJo]

Thank you Alfred,

Nuked three spam-related activations already

It is a busy time of the year here, so I will do my best to be here at least once per day

Cheers!

I agree,

One week later we all have deleted a lot spammers; and it works well. We also added some new users as well.
I'm sure I am normaly on line every day. And because the different in time between Glowbug and us new users don't have to wait that long to use the forum.

Cheers,

john

It does seem to be working well at the moment. I haven't seen any spam since the changes were brought in.

Thanks for your hard work tidying up the forum.

[JoJo]

Hello UK dxer,

thanks, indeed it works well. Glad you appreciate it

Good work, nice to se the AL board free from all that SPAM.

Happy New Year

Peter J

[Andy Richards]

I'd just like to add a well done guys!

The spam was not really a problem,it just made the whole experience of the ALI site a little..............tarnished.If you know what I mean.Clean is better!


Andy Richards.



andyrichardz@msn.com

[JoJo]

Now almost a Year later, I Gues it works
I want to say Thanks Glowbug for your excelent help, you did a good job.

Too all a Merry xmas and a Happy new year.

[Glowbug]

And a big thanks to you JoJo!

Certainly there's enough to keep two of us busy. Teamwork!

Merry Christmas and Happy Yule everyone!

Cheers!