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12-01-2007, 11:17 PM
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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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12-02-2007, 12:18 AM
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Cardboard Harp of Gondor 
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>.> Spam? I don't... know anything about any.... spam. <.< >.> o.o |
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12-02-2007, 01:39 AM
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Kraken King
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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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12-02-2007, 03:34 AM
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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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Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan) |
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12-02-2007, 05:30 AM
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The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator
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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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12-02-2007, 07:50 PM
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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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12-07-2007, 01:05 AM
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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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12-07-2007, 01:19 AM
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Kraken King
Join Date: Aug 2007
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That, my friend, is quite clever of you.
 Now back to chemistry!!
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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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12-07-2007, 07:38 AM
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Dreamweaver
Join Date: Apr 2005
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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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12-08-2007, 12:54 PM
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Elven Warrior
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Somewhere not of this world
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How did I register then? O.O Just kidding.
ROFLMAO aka ROFLTOMATOE! |
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12-20-2007, 11:51 PM
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High King at Annuminas Administrator
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We don't always have the best of spellers at Entmoot, you know!
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12-21-2007, 12:08 AM
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Retired Ent
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12-21-2007, 12:11 AM
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High King at Annuminas Administrator
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Are you sure you want to do that?
 We could have upgraded the level of spelling around here at the same time... And I'm talking out of both sides of my mouth... 
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12-21-2007, 03:13 AM
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Lady of the Ulairi
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Do you really want to have people who can't spell frodo's last name? 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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12-21-2007, 05:58 AM
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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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03-31-2008, 08:46 PM
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Elven Warrior
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Fangorn's Treeherd
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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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03-31-2008, 11:10 PM
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the Shrike
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Hooly keerrist, and out of the wilderness wanders... How ya been?
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04-01-2008, 05:04 AM
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The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator
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Yes, nice seeing you again, Huorn.
 But wait, you've got spam mail in your entmoot inbox? I don't think any of them have done that before.
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04-01-2008, 09:41 AM
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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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04-01-2008, 09:49 AM
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Elf Lord
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Just BTW, whatever changes you guys did for your prank here are making everything REALLY slow.
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