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Joef

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Spam...
« on: November 15, 2009, 09:02:49 am »

as some of you have noticed... there has been a flood of spam... thanks for "reporting"  it  !!! 
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Re: Spam...
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2009, 10:45:09 am »
We are aware that tonybootho is posting spam every hour or so. It isn't really necessary now to report every one of them.  :P

We are working on a better way to control this stuff, including a security patch coming in the next week.

Meanwhile, I'll have "spam, egg, sausage, and spam - that's not got much spam in it."

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Re: Spam...
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2009, 12:49:54 pm »
Thanks ..... every programmer's nightmare, I suspect!  Figured you would be on top of it.

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Re: Spam...
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2009, 02:02:52 pm »
You must be on top of it because I have never even seen a spam message here and I check in at least a couple of times a day.

Thanks for your vigilance.

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Re: Spam...
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2009, 02:04:36 pm »
Spam is not on my diet plan....... I loothe Spam.    :P

thanks all for staying on top of this. The powers that be are also very aware of the problem and are working VERY hard to fix the issue.


Now return you all to your regularly scheduled support, halo dropping, book reading,  hat knitting, cheering on discussions.

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Re: Spam...
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2009, 05:17:38 pm »
I was just so excited to hit the "Bat Button"!!

K   ;D
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Re: Spam...
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2009, 10:27:05 pm »
Quote from: ppearl214 on November 15, 2009, 02:04:36 pm
The powers that be are also very aware of the problem and are working VERY hard to fix the issue.

Kind of off topic here, Phyl (you know me, I love to hijack), but what is the ANA doing about forumites that are still having trouble logging onto the Forum since the switch to the new format?  I don't know how many people this has affected, but I do know that Brenda (teff) still cannot log on. 

Is this a wide-spread problem?  or isolated to a few users?

Just wondering,

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Re: Spam...
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2009, 05:45:36 am »
Has anyone else gotten this same spam in their email?  I got a ton the other day.  I got it before I logged on to ANA and then saw the same stuff here.
Jan, I had the Brenda's problem for a week, I finally deleted my AN forum bookmark and re-established the using a different search engine.  It worked for me.
The other Brenda
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Re: Spam...
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2009, 06:33:23 am »
Quote from: Kaybo on November 15, 2009, 05:17:38 pm
I was just so excited to hit the "Bat Button"!!

K   ;D

Yeah... we saw! ;) xoxoxoxo

Jan, I am not aware of widespread user log on issues.  Have Brenda/teff try a new log on profile or have her email (from her internet email) to admin@anausa.org to have it resolved.

Brenda, were these emails to your internet email address vs. PM's here? I/we are aware of unsolicitied spam emails showing up in folks Internet (ie: gmail, yahoo, etc) email inboxes in the past week.   Suggestion is to make sure your email address here is "hidden".  You can go to your profile settings and "hide" your email address so if spam profiles show up here, they cannot capture your email address.  

As you all know, we do not allow posting of personal info on the forums for your safety and I would recommend you hide your email addresses in your profile so others cannot capture it.  We are looking out for you all and these are recommendations to help secure your personal info on the site.

Phyl
« Last Edit: November 16, 2009, 06:34:54 am by ppearl214 »
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Re: Spam...
« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2009, 06:57:33 am »
Thanks, Phyl - and Brendalu.

Will email Brenda (Teff) and see if she's still having problems.

Jan
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Re: Spam...
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2009, 09:46:45 am »
Phyl,

I got the emails both ways, but I also got it taken care of and it goes to trash or spam now instead of my in box.  Y'all do a great job of taking care of the spam here.

Brenda
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Re: Spam...
« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2009, 10:40:17 am »
Quote from: ppearl214 on November 16, 2009, 06:33:23 am
As you all know, we do not allow posting of personal info on the forums for your safety and I would recommend you hide your email addresses in your profile so others cannot capture it.  We are looking out for you all and these are recommendations to help secure your personal info on the site.

Phyl, I checked the box to hide my e-mail address from the public, but it still shows up. What else do I need to do?

Sara
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Re: Spam...
« Reply #12 on: November 17, 2009, 10:45:48 am »
Sara,
Unless you resolved it recently, perhaps you can see it.  I can't.
Hope that helps.
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Re: Spam...
« Reply #13 on: November 17, 2009, 10:50:05 am »
Right under my avatar I see four icons: one for profile, one for website, one for e-mail and one for personal message.

On yours I only see profile and PM.

On this page I can see e-mail addresses for Jan and Brendalu and myself, but nobody else.

Sara
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Cheryl R

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Re: Spam...
« Reply #14 on: November 17, 2009, 10:56:16 am »
Mine shows up too when I look at my own profile.    Does it look different if someone else looks at my profile?       
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