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Mar 5, 2012 at 9:43 am #1286641
I received this email alerting me to a thread that I was watching.
A new comment has been posted at the BackpackingLight.com forums:
SUBJECT: Chanel,Chanel bag,Chanel handbags,cheap Chanel bag,discount Chanel handbags,replica chanel bag
AUTHOR: rbaslermaryaView this post by clicking here:
http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/xdpy/forum_thread/60636/index.html
It linked me to a thread on the Decorah Eagles that I started this morning. ;-(
Party On,
Newton
Mar 5, 2012 at 9:44 am #1848960Yeah, it was the most aggressive spamming i've seen here in a while. Boo to that.
Mar 5, 2012 at 9:51 am #1848968Travis,
Addie must have her own Anti Spam Bot in operation. I can't find any posts that reference the author of the spam.
BTW I put up a pic of that little orange guy for you on the avatar thread. ;-)
Party On,
Newton
Mar 5, 2012 at 9:55 am #1848973The best thing to do when you encounter a SPAM post is to report it by clicking on the red flag at the top right of a post. This alerts the admins that there's an issue with a post. That's what I did, and no doubt others, that alerted Addie or whoever so they could clear them out and ban the spammer.
Mar 5, 2012 at 9:58 am #1848977Yeah, I alerted them too. Addie probably gets more spam reports than actual spam!
Mar 5, 2012 at 10:00 am #1848980Hey Doug,
Ordinarily I would do just that but the spam hit my email inbox in the form of an email alert to a thread that I was watching. When I went to the thread there was no Spam Post.
Addie must be just that good and I was just lucky this time I guess. ;-)
Party On,
Newton
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