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What is it.......

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:34 am
by madthemad
.........about the Boxertrix site. Nearly everyday we get some sort of spam, do other sites get this as well? I know admin clear it as fast as they can but it seems that we are plagued by it. :(

Re: What is it.......

Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 9:05 am
by Paul
It's an arms race. As soon as a new anti-spam technology is developed, the spammers quickly find a way around it. Short of vetting every post before it goes live, which is not practical, there is no guaranteed way to stop it.

Paul

Re: What is it.......

Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:25 pm
by slparry
I've changed the authentication for a while from self to admin authentication Paul, as the spam bot's are joining I'm vetting them and deleting them, most appear to be originating with Ukrainian IP address's