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Dreamweaver
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go...
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Influx of Spam
Does anyone know why there's been such a drastic influx of spam lately? It's getting ridiculous...
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Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih... |
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Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001
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>.> Spam? I don't... know anything about any.... spam. <.< >.> o.o |
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Kraken King
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Under the sea
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Seriously, I dont know why it's all coming in now, but I want it to go away.
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Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Cheap Free Photoshop!!!
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The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator
Join Date: Jan 2002
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I wouldn't say drastic, though. It's been like this for over a year. Everyday at least a few spam-posts get deleted. I just spent the last three nights sifting through a year's worth of over 1000 registered spammers and wiping them all out. (And cackling madly while deleting them, of course.) And I've only halved the present amount so far.
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Dreamweaver
Join Date: Apr 2005
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hm...maybe there were just a few that i actually saw before being deleted than, because i've seen a bunch lately, especially yesterday, which is why i posted this.
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Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih... |
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Retired Ent
Join Date: Sep 1999
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Ooh, I haven't seen a spammer in days now!
I installed an add-on to the software, and now all would-be registrants must correctly identify Frodo's last name before they can sign up. Guess the spambots aren't well-versed in literature ![]()
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Kraken King
Join Date: Aug 2007
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That, my friend, is quite clever of you.
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One of my top ten favorite movies. "You ever try to flick a fly? "No." "It's a waste of time." "Can you see it?" "No." "It's right there!" "Where? "There!" "What is it?" "A crab." "A crab? I dont see any crab." "How?! It's right there!!" "Where?" "There!!!!" "Oh." -Excerpts from A Tale of Two Morons |
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Dreamweaver
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go...
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wow. ben HIMSELF came down to reassure my concerns. *feels honored*
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Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih... |
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Elven Warrior
Join Date: Aug 2007
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How did I register then? O.O Just kidding.
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Retired Ent
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High King at Annuminas Administrator
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Are you sure you want to do that?
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Lady of the Ulairi
Join Date: Mar 2005
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![]() ![]() On another forum that I frequent, they are seriously discussing the idea to put a 25 questions quiz for those who wish to register - with questions like: "The meaning of the name Feanor". "Was Sauron capable to assume physical form at the time of LOTR?" etc. And a time-limit to answer the quiz: 8 min. I guess it will dramatically reduce the number of newbies. ![]() |
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The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator
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Questions about Feanor's name would limit the newbies only to those who have read the silmarillion. For a silmarillion forum, that would make sense, but not for one with broader tolkien forums.
Could be fun though, having a whole question form to go through to register, but I think it's only for the die-hards of fans. ![]()
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Elven Warrior
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Yup lots of spam. I log on after a long absence and find an advertisement for buddhism in my PM inbox. I can't find the guy on the memberlist so apparently he was already booted for spam.
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the Shrike
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: San Francisco, CA <3
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Hooly keerrist, and out of the wilderness wanders... How ya been?
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The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator
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Yes, nice seeing you again, Huorn.
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High King at Annuminas Administrator
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I wonder if it has anything to do with the administrative bulletin we received a couple months ago. The one about the server re-allocation?
I'm not much of a techie though. Earniel, Hobbit, Ben (if you're around)... do any of you guys know anything about it?
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Elf Lord
Join Date: Jan 2007
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Just BTW, whatever changes you guys did for your prank here are making everything REALLY slow.
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