Please ban yiyifor9...

[W2DR]

Does anyone else agree?..............

[Rodger Pettichord]

Can't say, Doug. What' s a yiyifor9? Sounds like a cheerleaders' rally call.

[adambar]

8 hours ago, W2DR said:

Does anyone else agree?..............

Yes, where did this joker come from.

[W2DR]

10 hours ago, Rodger Pettichord said:

Can't say, Doug. What' s a yiyifor9? Sounds like a cheerleaders' rally call.

It's the clown that posted all that stuff about how to contact airlines. Thank God those posts are gone now. Genuine forum spam.

[Nick Cooper]

Hello,
in fact, there were 17 spammers banned yesterday, some by me and some more by others, when I was asleep.
All of the ones I banned had IP addresses in India, so possibly, it was just the same ones rejoining.
We do try to keep up, but sometimes, the spam says in place long enough for someone to see it and either post or report it.

I have no idea why someone whose IP address is in India or Pakistan would want to spend their time doing this, both countries appear to have far
more important things going on, but they do.
Sometimes, you can see less obvious posts, often resurrecting an older topic, but not always and usually with a link to something

commercial tucked away in the corner of the post.

 

My thanks to those of you who spot the ones that we miss and report them.

[boetie]

38 minutes ago, Nick Cooper said:

Hello,
in fact, there were 17 spammers banned yesterday, some by me and some more by others, when I was asleep.
All of the ones I banned had IP addresses in India, so possibly, it was just the same ones rejoining.
We do try to keep up, but sometimes, the spam says in place long enough for someone to see it and either post or report it.

I have no idea why someone whose IP adress is in India or Pakistan would want to spend their time doing this, both countries appear to have far
more important things going on, but they do.
Sometimes, you can see less obvious posts, often resurrecting an older topic, but not always and usually with a link to something

commercial tucked away in the corner of the post.

 

My thanks to those of you who spot the ones that we miss and report them.

Oh. So you sleep. Lift your game Nick

[bvdboomen]

1 hour ago, Nick Cooper said:

I have no idea why someone whose IP adress is in India or Pakistan would want to spend their time doing this

It could be an automatic post bot or something?

[Iain Emms]

You get days like this with spammers all the time, I banned five in ten minutes yesterday and no doubt there are still more lurking waiting to pop up but the same will happen to them they will get banned.

cheers

Iain

[W2DR]

4 hours ago, Nick Cooper said:

Hello,
in fact, there were 17 spammers banned yesterday, some by me and some more by others, when I was asleep.
All of the ones I banned had IP addresses in India

Thanks Nick. Part of the problem is the use of a VPN (Virtual Private Network). I have a VPN which has connections originating in over 75 countries. I use mine to watch Formula 1 races on a British station. And there are many other reasons for using a VPN. Unfortunately the spammers use them too........Doug

[Rodger Pettichord]

Thanks to Nick and Iain and all who act as a filter for our Orbx forums. This is a great place to interact with others, thanks to you guys who stand guard at the gates. Much appreciation to you.