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Date Posted: 11:31:32 08/01/09 Sat
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PeggyB
Subject: Spam in the Cottage ............

We've been getting spammed on several of the S&S boards...boo, hiss. To let you know, these are the actions I take when spammers show up:

1. Report the spam to Voy.
2. Delete the spam message(s).
3. Ban the posting address from viewing/posting on our boards.
4. Enable "captchas" for those not logged on to Voy.

If you have to enter a captcha to post on one of our boards, that is the reason. If you see spam on any S&S board, please let me know, you can use the "Contact Forum Admin" link above (I don't visit every board every day).

If spamming somehow continues after step 4, I will activate captchas for all posts. After some time passes, I can remove the captchas and see if the spammers come back.

Sorry for the inconvenience, such is the cost of "freedom."

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Thanks to Mahri for deleting the spam this morning. Captchas have been enabled for those who are not logged into Voy. Hopefully that will stop it, I've had to enable captchas for EVERYONE on the Twilight board. Grrrrr. (NT) -- PeggyB, 11:32:44 08/01/09 Sat
- No problem Peggy - wasn't sure if I had the shilleagh here or not, turns out I do under 'Marilyn' *g* If you let me know how to report to Voy, I'll do that next time before deleting. (NT) -- Mahri, 11:36:54 08/01/09 Sat
  - There's a third icon, next to the trashcan...if you hover over it you'll see it says something about reporting the message as spam. Thanks, Mahri. (NT) -- PeggyB, 07:23:48 08/03/09 Mon

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