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MacNNUK · 04:01 AM

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SPAM SPAM ETC

reader50 · Oct 25, 2007, 02:39 AM

Don't worry about this one.

leet37 was a fresh spammer, who posted long get-rich-easy replies to five existing threads. You had new-post notification turned on for one of those threads, so you got the post quoted to you from MacNN via email.

In the meantime, 4 people reported the spam. I permabanned leet37, and deleted the spam, plus a reply to the spam. So now it looks like leet37 sent you a spam email with a forged MacNN header, since the original post is no longer visible to a regular user.

He's gone, and I'm looking forwards to meeting leet38.

MacNNUK · Oct 25, 2007, 03:58 AM

OK, you may delete my post / thread now if you wish.

I've deleted the main body of it, to remove his 15" of fame.

MacNNUK · Oct 25, 2007, 04:02 AM

Originally Posted by reader50

Don't worry about this one.

He's gone, and I'm looking forwards to meeting leet38.

I presume you can block his I.P. address.

mrtew · Oct 25, 2007, 04:18 AM

I hate this thread. It's been gutted so much I can't even tell what happened.

ghporter · Oct 25, 2007, 07:35 AM

Originally Posted by MacNNUK

I presume you can block his I.P. address.

Yes, we can. We can block his IP, his family's IPs, his town's IPs, even his country's IPs. I've done that. Sort of like burning his crops and driving away his livestock. Yes, we can do that-and yes, we enjoy the crap out of doing it!

Laminar · Oct 25, 2007, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by MacNNUK

his 15" of fame.

Anyone else think...uh....nevermind.

Person Man · Oct 25, 2007, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by ghporter

Yes, we can. We can block his IP, his family's IPs, his town's IPs, even his country's IPs. I've done that. Sort of like burning his crops and driving away his livestock. Yes, we can do that-and yes, we enjoy the crap out of doing it!

Whoa, calm down there, Glenn!

To the OP: even if the problem is solved, please don't delete or blank your original post for help; it makes it difficult to see what the problem was and can be quite confusing. (Just a friendly request from a regular member).

Buckaroo · Oct 25, 2007, 10:08 AM

Since the spammer included his email address within the spam, you can spam the crap out of his email address. Send him all kinds of unwanted spam from all kinds of bad places. Make him and his 4 other friends in crime misserable.

Buckaroo · Oct 25, 2007, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by mrtew

I hate this thread. It's been gutted so much I can't even tell what happened.

He posted one of those emails that asked you to send money to his and 4 other email addresses.

Hmm. I didn't read the whole spam. I think it was money they were seeking, but I wonder how they expect to collect money in an email address unless they think someone is going to paypal it.

I remember the post was real long, and not worth reading.

turtle777 · Oct 25, 2007, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by ghporter

Yes, we can. We can block his IP, his family's IPs, his town's IPs, even his country's IPs. I've done that. Sort of like burning his crops and driving away his livestock. Yes, we can do that-and yes, we enjoy the crap out of doing it!

I bet you can't block his PLANET

-t

Kevin · Oct 25, 2007, 10:21 AM

Rule #1, never talk about the spam-club.

CharlesS · Oct 25, 2007, 12:10 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

Yes, we can. We can block his IP, his family's IPs, his town's IPs, even his country's IPs. I've done that.

So I guess as soon as some guy sends a spam from the States, we'll all get kicked off the board?

turtle777 · Oct 25, 2007, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by CharlesS

So I guess as soon as some guy sends a spam from the States, we'll all get kicked off the board?

Except if you're in Texas. That barely counts as USA

-t

reader50 · Oct 25, 2007, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by MacNNUK

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Whoa. Even I didn't know that promotion was coming. Thanks.

Originally Posted by MacNNUK

I presume you can block his I.P. address.

He really was a newcomer to the MacNN scene. There was no one else on his IP address, or even his subnet. ie: x.y.z.(range)

We usually don't block an IP until there are a few spammer handles registered on it, and no legit users. This way we don't end up blocking dynamic IPs, which just punishes the next person.

Oisín · Oct 25, 2007, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by Laminar

Anyone else think...uh....nevermind.

Our minds seem to be roaming the gutters together.

Rumor · Oct 25, 2007, 01:30 PM

Your mind has a condo in the gutter.

Oisín · Oct 25, 2007, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by Rumor

Your mind has a condo in the gutter.

Condo? What kind of boy do you think I am?

It’s a penthouse.

[Doesn’t mean you’re not right, though: I read your post as, “Your mind has a condom in the gutter” at first]

ghporter · Oct 25, 2007, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by CharlesS

So I guess as soon as some guy sends a spam from the States, we'll all get kicked off the board?

No, because I can also ban his individual IP-and unless he's using dozens of IPs, only the one IP will be banned. And we typically wait until we see more than one spammer on the same IP before we ban an address-just to make sure. I did once ban a huge chunk of a country, but the only traffic we'd ever seen from the large range of addresses I blocked was spam-mostly shoe spam.

But it's fun to ban spammer's IPs because you know they can't come back.

turtle777 · Oct 25, 2007, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

But it's fun to ban spammer's IPs because you know they can't come back.

Except if it's Rob.

Aren't we glad he didn't get recruited ?

-t

besson3c · Oct 25, 2007, 03:22 PM

Shoe spam? I don't think I've ever seen shoe spam....

Buckaroo · Oct 25, 2007, 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

Shoe spam? I don't think I've ever seen shoe spam....

Yeah, what besson3c said, what is shoe spam?

reader50 · Oct 25, 2007, 05:52 PM

Nikes, Air Jordans, etc. About 100 different shoe types. Prices indicate chinese imitations or stolen stock. We sent them on a hike.

Oisín · Oct 25, 2007, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by reader50

Nikes, Air Jordans, etc. About 100 different shoe types. Prices indicate chinese imitations or stolen stock. We sent them on a hike.

Good call. They can put their cheap, new shoes to use, then.

mrtew · Oct 25, 2007, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by CharlesS

So I guess as soon as some guy sends a spam from the States, we'll all get kicked off the board?

We all live in the "States"???