Why so many spam mail?

[AgingEyes]

I can't help noticing a lot of spam mails/threads lately. Will any action be taken?

I also noticed that the "duties" of the moderators seem to have changed. Now more of them seem to have reduced their extent of participation...kind of like me

[hminx]

It does seem to be getting out of hand. Pushes a lot of genuine posts prematurily off the front page.

[xystren]

I remember I used to have a "flag as spam" option that doesn't seem to be available anymore. Might not be there since I haven't been as active for the past while since I've started graduate school. But I have also noticed there appears to be much more spam than what I recall seeing in past (unfortunate world we live in).

[SmartWombat]

flag as spam is working, the red triangle in the bottom left.

I take the spam increase as meaning we're a popular forum worth spamming.

[PrevailingConditions]

I've been wondering about this as well. I'm also running into a lot of cases where the server is too busy even though the load doesn't seem that high. Makes it feel like things aren't quite the same...

PC

[Liz]

I've been wondering about this as well. I'm also running into a lot of cases where the server is too busy even though the load doesn't seem that high. Makes it feel like things aren't quite the same...

PC

I've been having the same server problems again too - even yesterday.

Liz

[Axle]

If I may, as an IT professional and moderator on another forum I am hammered daily by questions about spam, and have done research and assisted with blocking spam and communications about it to the general user base.

1) Spam happens, the best thing you can do is keep using the red triangle "Report Post" this will notify the mods and admins of the forums and they're able to remove the post and ban the user (and their IP address also maybe...)

2) Spam happens, even though we keep on top of it, spammers are a smart group, they will *always* find a way around blocks, bans, filters.

Other than that, keep up the good work mods and admin, I really do love this community!

[xystren]

flag as spam is working, the red triangle in the bottom left.

I take the spam increase as meaning we're a popular forum worth spamming.

Ironic, I was specifically looking for it and didn't see it. Now it is there plain as day Ahh well, they say the eyes are the first to go right?

[OldClicker]

I really like this forum! But between the spam, 1 minute load times and Server Busy this morning, I may have to give up. Having to try for 10-15 minutes just to get one spam message is tough. – Terry

[Photo-John]

I can't help noticing a lot of spam mails/threads lately. Will any action be taken?

Spam has definitely increased. And it is a huge hassle. Believe me, if it's annoying to you, it's doubly annoying to me. I waste a huge amount of time every day deleting and otherwise managing it, as do our moderators. We have a forums software upgrade in the works that should drastically reduce the amount of spam. The upgrade is moving slowly but it is happening so please hang in there while we get it implemented.

Can you please be more specific about "spam mails?" Threads I understand completely. But "mails" I'm not sure about. Are you getting spam PMs or actual e-mails? If you're getting e-mails I can assure you they're not coming from us. Anyone can put the site name in the "reply to" section of an e-mail and make it look like it's coming from us. I get spam e-mail from myself all day long and I know I'm not spamming myself

Thanks for the feedback. believe me, I am paying attention and want to make your time on the site as pleasant as possible.

[AgingEyes]

Can you please be more specific about "spam mails?" Threads I understand completely. But "mails" I'm not sure about.

No, just those funny threads started by posters with funny names in languages I don't understand.

Sorry for the confusion.

[Greg McCary]

It seems to always get worse around Black Friday/Cyber Monday and Christmas time and always slows down afterwards.

[freygr]

My spam at home has gone from 50 to 283 per day. But I've had the same email address since Windows 95 or 98SE And I also was a active user of the NEWS Groups. So after spammers became a problem I've had the spammers forge my email address, and it seems I'm on ALL the spammers email lists

[stevebon]

Ah, I'm glad I'm not the only one to be irritated by this sh*t.
One of the regulars told me about the Spam (Russian script), now I see it is other types as well. Keep on top of it you guys & gals.