A note about spam posts...

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A note about spam posts...

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We don't get a lot of them here but when we do, it seems people think it's fun to reply to them.Please do us a favor and just report the thread without replying to it. The spammers don't see the replies and it serves no purpose at all. And no, it's not a good cover for postwhoring to increase your count because when the thread is removed, the posts are removed first thereby decreasing your post count. Thanks!
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Quote, originally posted by joatmon »bumpI just banned and deleted all the threads.... Was grocery shopping, cut the grass, did 2 loads of laundry, 3 loads of dishes, and cut down a tree in the back.... Then I come here and see 20+ posts of spam from one dude...
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Quote, originally posted by ou.grizzly »I just banned and deleted all the threads.... Was grocery shopping, cut the grass, did 2 loads of laundry, 3 loads of dishes, and cut down a tree in the back.... Then I come here and see 20+ posts of spam from one dude... moral of the story...quit working so hard!
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Quote, originally posted by ou.grizzly »I just banned and deleted all the threads.... Was grocery shopping, cut the grass, did 2 loads of laundry, 3 loads of dishes, and cut down a tree in the back.... Then I come here and see 20+ posts of spam from one dude...Huge thank you to ou.grizzly and all the other mods for keeping things neat and spam-free around here !
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a whole case of SPAM this morning
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joatmon wrote:a whole case of SPAM this morning

Thanks joat! I think I was able to clean it up and banned the f-ers LOL!
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Missed one
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keithvibe wrote:Missed one
viewtopic.php?f=28&t=6647" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Yup I saw that I did. Thanks for the heads up everyone!
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millster wrote: Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:53 am We don't get a lot of them here ...
Well, that's not true this week. new user ihjwernml579 has dropped over 300 in the last few days.

Its important to never click on any of the links that the spammers post. One one hand they might be just some obnoxious marketing ploy, but they could just as easily be links to virus laden evil.
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