Don't know if this would work, but why don't you have a new "spam" forum, which is the lowest numbered one? Suggesting this as it just occurred to me that the vast majority of spam posts appear in "Discussion", which is forum number 1, so presumably the spambots tend to choose that out of preference.
I have to admit I have no idea of the practicality of moving all the forums up one to accomodate this, or whether it would even be effective. If this strategy does work, would it still work if you even hid the link to it so that most users never even saw it? I suspect the answer may be that it's not worth the effort for the volume of spam we get, but just a thought.
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thanks for your concern re the issue of spam on the forums.
we have now taken action to remedy this. now all new users will have to be approved my the Admin team. while this will result in a delay for legitimate users, we will aim to keep this to a minimum.
of course, we will continue to review this situation.
thanks
-rocky
we have now taken action to remedy this. now all new users will have to be approved my the Admin team. while this will result in a delay for legitimate users, we will aim to keep this to a minimum.
of course, we will continue to review this situation.
thanks
-rocky
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You're working well for a Sunday Rocky.... it only took you 8 hours to approve the latest bit of spam, if your turnaround is that quick all the time then no-one can have any complaints at all
Go orienteering in Lithuania......... best in the world:)
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