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Fry the Sailor Junior Varsity

Joined: 23 Apr 2005 Posts: 169 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 11:59 am Post subject: PSA #3: Idea to stop spam |
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Here's an idea to discourage spammers: accounts with expiration dates. Any account with less than 1 post and inactive for 6 months will be subject to automatic deletion. _________________ Je suis rapide! |
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Eddd the Sailor Water Boy

Joined: 22 May 2005 Posts: 73 Location: Grand Rapids, MI
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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But they aren't really spamming if they don't make any posts... _________________ My Athlinks profile - some road races I've done and stuff |
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Dan Chief Pontificator

Joined: 22 Mar 1999 Posts: 9334 Location: Salem, OR
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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That and it would require writing a script to check for under-used accounts or doing so manually on a regular basis, neither of which sounds appealing.
I've elliminated about 75% of it through filtering certain email address locales...
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Fry the Sailor Junior Varsity

Joined: 23 Apr 2005 Posts: 169 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:03 am Post subject: |
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yeah i wondered how much expertise that would take.
Ed, where'd you get that Pirate smiley? and why'd you use it? _________________ Je suis rapide! |
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