Jeff Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 We take some elaborate measures to limit the amount of Spam that makes it through and gets posted on Greytalk. Many hours are spent weekly updating and configuring filters and such. For the most part, Greytalk remains spam free. Many other forums with open registrations get hammered with spam. On the ones that do slip through, please DO NOT reply to them as some of you are doing. Just quietly click the button located under the post, and let the moderators take it from there. If you do not see the button, that means someone else already notified the staff, just keep browsing as normal and we will take care of the issue. I have other ideas for the future of how we can make it even harder for spam to hit the forum, it should all be seamless to users. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greytmonty Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 We take some elaborate measures to limit the amount of Spam that makes it through and gets posted on Greytalk. Many hours are spent weekly updating and configuring filters and such. For the most part, Greytalk remains spam free. Many other forums with open registrations get hammered with spam. On the ones that do slip through, please DO NOT reply to them as some of you are doing. Just quietly click the button located under the post, and let the moderators take it from there. If you do not see the button, that means someone else already notified the staff, just keep browsing as normal and we will take care of the issue. I have other ideas for the future of how we can make it even harder for spam to hit the forum, it should all be seamless to users. Thank you thank you, it is great to know you guys keep so much junk off this site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest twofinegreys Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 I have other ideas for the future of how we can make it even harder for spam to hit the forum, it should all be seamless to users. Cool! Do any of the other ideas involve a virtual wiffle bat of sorts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AACJ Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 I did not see the "report" button as you mentioned, so someone must have already done so. In a few forums I moderate, the administrators have created a program that looks for the word "spam"(as a someone replies to the OP), then flags the thread, locks it and moves it to the mods forum for us to decide if we want to delete it or keep it, all of this is done automatically. That's one reason people type the word spam, but it's good to know you have a report button also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 I did not see the "report" button as you mentioned, so someone must have already done so. In a few forums I moderate, the administrators have created a program that looks for the word "spam"(as a someone replies to the OP), then flags the thread, locks it and moves it to the mods forum for us to decide if we want to delete it or keep it, all of this is done automatically. That's one reason people type the word spam, but it's good to know you have a report button also. that is a neat idea too. Probably cheaper to have something like that coded then what I had planned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plepkowski Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 I think that all of the members should send each spammer about 20 emails every day!! Quote Paul with Bill & Elmo & angel Happy in the beautiful Hudson Valley of NY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xan Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 You must be doing a great job, Jeff, 'cause I have yet to see spam here on GT! Quote My Inspirations: Grey Pogo, borzoi Katie, Meep the cat, AND MY BELOVED DH!!!Missing Rowdy, Coco, Brilly, Happy and Wabi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gideon Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 I don't understand how you can manage this. My website gets loads of garbage and it just a losing battle. I do a lot of reverse DNS's to get ranges from the IP addresses being used and we run IP denies on them - even so - it is just so daunting a task. This board is clean - any advice you've got would be a big help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share Posted January 28, 2007 you really need to batten down the server, something you need a dedicated server for. We use black lists among a range of other things. If you have the access you need, it can be a winning battle, at least so far for us it is not too bad. It should be better in the near future as well. If we get 1 per day, that is too many in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dougclarke Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Keep up the great work Jeff!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lori Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 You all do a great job keeping the spam down to nearly zero!! I think I've seen a total of 2 posts the whole time I've been here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighsayer Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Thanks Jeff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MomoftheFuzzy Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 You could teach the folks at my workplace a thing or two about fending off spam. I swear, if I get one more email telling me that my (nonexistent) "schlong" isn't big enough... Oy vey. Good job, Jeff and the mods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trudy Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I swear, if I get one more email telling me that my (nonexistent) "schlong" isn't big enough... Well, obviously they are correct in sending those emails to you then... if you don't have one, it isn't big enough I used to get tons of those at an old job along with some porn as well (which I think the guy I managed signed me up for... we didn't mesh well) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MomoftheFuzzy Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I swear, if I get one more email telling me that my (nonexistent) "schlong" isn't big enough... Well, obviously they are correct in sending those emails to you then... if you don't have one, it isn't big enough True, true. Guess those spammers are too smart for me! Today, I got one talking about a "small johnson." I like how they avoid getting caught in the filters like that with all the synonyms for a... ya know, a "willy". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greystoked Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 What ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greyhound_mommy Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Yeah, glad to see that you're working on that........I'm the moron who thought someone put a "funny" link and opened it.....gar! I never really thought there would be spam on here. Stupid people always try to ruin a good thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreytHurleyDawg Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 I have never seen any spam on here!!! If they have a link that could be really bad...good food for thought! And, yes, one a day is way too many!! Lastly, I just wanted to say I never noticed that REPORT button so now I know!!!! Quote Bow Wow Wow Yippie Yo Yippie Yay Johanna with hounds: Woodie (Molly's Marvin) (Grenade X Kh Molly) and Petra (Make Her a Pet) (Dodgem By Design X Late Nite Oasis) and forever missing Hurley (Jel Try Out) (Gable Dodge X Kings Teresa) with Kalapaki Beach in Kauai as the background Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Charming Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Thank you for your greyt work establishing and maintaining this very informative and useful site. Being new member of this community I can appreciate your contribution to the friends of greyhounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plepkowski Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 I wonder if Bill or Elmo would like some Spam for dinner? Just another random thought....... Quote Paul with Bill & Elmo & angel Happy in the beautiful Hudson Valley of NY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonya Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 :bow2 :bow Thank you Jeff, Trudy and all the moderators ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicocat Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 I've never noticed the spam, but after getting a new anti-virus program this week I can't believe the number of cookies that try to download from this site. Quote Ann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted May 7, 2007 Author Share Posted May 7, 2007 mainly from the remote images people post, like your geocities signature image. Greytalk itself stores a single cookie, it keeps you logged in, and helps display the new posts indicator. That is pretty much it, everything else comes from remote images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicocat Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 LOL, It figures I would generate one from Geocities since I posted that. I was just blown away by the sheer volume every time you open a page. I had no idea remote linking generated a cookie. Quote Ann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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