davidl Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 I got a SPAM private message on the forums here. Any one else get one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 I did not get one but we had a report and the user who did it was banned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidl Posted November 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Got another one today, different user. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Just report the pm. I'll see what I can do about it. Damn if you do damned if you don't situation as new users pm staff once in a while and having some sort of system where they cannot will cause it's own problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidl Posted November 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 What is the correct reporting mechanism? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 There is a report button on the PM's which will send us the contents as well as the user who did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperial Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 I'd also recommend using the "Delete Private Messages Sent by User" in the User Manager so that all the PMs are deleted from inboxes. I just logged in to see two spam PMs still there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedturtle Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 I received 2 spam PMs as well. Didn't report them though...reckon user has already been banned. Close one eye and delete the spam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 I also got Spam PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyde Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 Got another spam PM. I don't see a report button anywhere. The only options I have are to reply or forward. Please be specific on what steps to take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 The exclamation point image near the top is the report button. Like on posts there is one on the bar there is one in PM's as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedturtle Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 (edited) Got another spam PM. I don't see a report button anywhere. The only options I have are to reply or forward. Please be specific on what steps to take. Besides reporting it as spam, you can delete the spam PM from the Inbox view where it shows a list of PMs: 1) Click on the box at the extreme right side to highlight the message. 2) Look for the 'Selected Messages:' prompt which is shown below the list of messages. 3) Select the 'Delete' option for 'Selected Messages:'. 4) Click on 'Go' button and ...Voil Edited January 4, 2010 by speedturtle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 I'm going to look into a vbulletin plugin to help deal with this or a configuration. We get a lot of bots coming to the forums need a way to make it at least require 5 posts or something to stop the spam. At the very least 5 posts before they can post a url so they're very easy to ban. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyde Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 Actually hasn't been a big deal in my case - I've only gotten 3. Just wanted to give mgmt a heads-up that some douchebags had crept in and who they were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 Actually hasn't been a big deal in my case - I've only gotten 3. Just wanted to give mgmt a heads-up that some douchebags had crept in and who they were. All the ones you reported were already banned. I just like pro active solutions over reactive ones so going to find a way to stop them. These days it isn't even bots it's real people doing it so the image verifications are not going to stop them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedturtle Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 (edited) I just like pro active solutions over reactive ones so going to find a way to stop them. Good idea. I know spammers don't give up easily, but we could make life difficult for them. Like... setting the "Maximum Recipients to Send PMs at a time" to 1. That will make their spamming activity more tedious. And to make it even more laborious for them , include a value for "Message Throttle Quantity" as well. Edited January 5, 2010 by speedturtle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeo.juliano Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 i will report it.. if i get one.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Looks like some new ones they've all been banned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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