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gggraph
Joined: 25 Jan 2007
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 Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 5:28 pm Post subject: One of many Moderators left the building briefly |
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I'm going to be in Mildura all next week, with no computers or internet (hooray!!)
I expect you to play nicely while I'm gone, and not throw any wild parties. Brad, Daniel and Jo will be keeping an eye on things, and will tell me if anybody misbehaves..
Cheers
Grant
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velvet
Joined: 14 Oct 2005
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Location: Hunter Valley
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| Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:03 pm Post subject: Re - Grant has left the building... |
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| That's all very well Grant, but the question is will you be doing any fishing? |
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gggraph
Joined: 25 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 4:46 pm Post subject: Re - Grant has left the building... |
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Tried it for a while, but the fish could see the hooks lying on the river bed and just walked around them. Thought about throwing rocks, but that didn't seem sporting.
Thanks to the other Mods - there doesn't seem to be any spam at all.
Cheers
Grant |
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velvet
Joined: 14 Oct 2005
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Location: Hunter Valley
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:25 am Post subject: Re - Grant has left the building... |
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| There was spam Grant, lots of it, but the mods could see it lying on the forum floor and just hoovered it up. |
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ocker1
Joined: 27 Sep 2008
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Location: NZ
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| Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:33 am Post subject: Re - Grant has left the building... |
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well its obvious yer away
the board is fulla rubbish , Russian or some other unreadable stuff
I use three other different forums, and none of them get this continual swamping with these postings
seeing that we've gotta join to post , there MUST be a way to vet this crap !!! |
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gggraph
Joined: 25 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:44 am Post subject: Re: Re - Grant has left the building... |
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| ocker1 wrote: | | seeing that we've gotta join to post , there MUST be a way to vet this crap !!! |
Unfortunately, the automated spam systems (eg XRumor) get around the registration process, including the Captcha code. They target this forum because it has a very high Google ranking, and it's on their list.
It may look like there's more spam when I'm not around, but I suspect that's due to timing: I tend to be online early, and so delete a lot before you get to see it, wheras the other Mods do it in the evenings.
Cheers
Grant |
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Devilbiss
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 3:42 pm Post subject: Re - Grant has left the building... |
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I haven't deleted any spam for a while as I haven't been on the forum. Usually I'll delete about three per day, sometimes as many as twenty three by the same spammer. It takes some time because I have to delete each one individually  |
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ocker1
Joined: 27 Sep 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:42 pm Post subject: Re - Grant has left the building... |
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 tell us , do the porn ones take longer |
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Jo Tyler
Joined: 13 Aug 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject: Re - Grant has left the building... |
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| Cheeky boy Ocker, I deleted 3 multiple spammers this week (one at a time) one I was on with at the same time and just followed him down the list and about a dozen individual ones on chit-chat. I did not take extra time with the porn (it was just the girlies!). |
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gggraph
Joined: 25 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:23 am Post subject: Re: Re - Grant has left the building... |
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| ocker1 wrote: | | tell us , do the porn ones take longer |
In fact, they do: you have to wait for all the images to load (usually) before the delete buttons are enabled. On a serious note, a lot of the 'porn' isn't... if we get a lot of related postings, I have a look at the target sites to see if there's any point blocking a specific IP address, or range of addresses. In reality, many of the sites do not contain porn at all, but will attempt to install malware onto your PC. (Luckily, my Macs are immune to this stuff.)
The weirdest example was one 'porn' site which turned out to be about trading on the sharemarket.... 
Cheers
Grant |
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J I M
Joined: 05 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:20 am Post subject: Re: Re - Grant has left the building... |
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| Devilbiss wrote: | | I haven't deleted any spam for a while as I haven't been on the forum. Usually I'll delete about three per day, sometimes as many as twenty three by the same spammer. It takes some time because I have to delete each one individually |
I've deleted over 30 spam posts in the last few days alone 
That's right....me's the original mod...the first mod appointed by Brad (under 2 usernames  ), part lurker, part stealth vampire ...... I don't even get a mention by Grant *cries*
Have fun Grant |
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Brainless 1
Joined: 06 Oct 2005
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Location: Serial Killer City
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:23 am Post subject: Re: Re - Grant has left the building... |
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| J I M wrote: | | Devilbiss wrote: | | I haven't deleted any spam for a while as I haven't been on the forum. Usually I'll delete about three per day, sometimes as many as twenty three by the same spammer. It takes some time because I have to delete each one individually |
I've deleted over 30 spam posts in the last few days alone
That's right....me's the original mod...the first mod appointed by Brad (under 2 usernames ), part lurker, part stealth vampire ...... I don't even get a mention by Grant *cries*
Have fun Grant |
And when I'm not modding, he is 
<- see incept date Oct, 2005 |
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J I M
Joined: 05 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:27 am Post subject: Re - Grant left the building briefly |
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| Who let the Bunny out of the bag? |
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gggraph
Joined: 25 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:37 am Post subject: Re: Re - Grant has left the building... |
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| J I M wrote: | | That's right....me's the original mod...the first mod appointed by Brad (under 2 usernames ), part lurker, part stealth vampire ...... I don't even get a mention by Grant *cries* |
Profuse apologies Jim - hadn't seen you post for a while, so didn't know if you were still around. Your point is well made though - I seem to get a lot of credit for unspamming the place, but members need to be reminded that there are other mods helping as well, they just don't crap on as much as I do...
Cheers
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gggraph
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:40 am Post subject: Re: Re - Grant has left the building... |
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| Brainless 1 wrote: | | <- see incept date Oct, 2005 |
Do you have a 4 year lifetime, with artificial memories?
Grant |
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