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When I was a kid; spam ment canned ham. Now it's even worse.

Fortunately, it still is.

Don't look now, or maybe you should.

Ann

It's been taken care of.

And this next one will be, too....

Ahhhh..... Tis certainly nice to know that our feathered friend is having Great success nabbing the little spamlets as they scurry around in the darkness trying to sneak in and cause mischief. But owls can't live on spamlets alone, so i leave a few of these out to put a little flavor into her nightly excursions. And also a few of these to brighten up the taste of the spamlets. Just remember--Don't Drink too much and fly!! The trees will NOT try to avoid you!

Doughnuts and root beer! If those together don't get me going, nothing will!! Thanks, Beyond!

It took nine minutes for that spammer to make 15 posts.

owlice wrote:A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

Eggzactly

Someone is being very busy right now.

Ann

geckzilla wrote::ninja:

Seriously, maybe it's time to just cut off posting by guests. Require an account.

A lot of the spam is by "members". It might be time to consider implementing blacklists.

That blacklist mod is for phpBB 3.0.9 and we are running 3.0.10 ... that's why the mods are so difficult to install, because every time you update phpBB you have to update the mod and sometimes the people who make the mod don't get around to updating for quite some time, if ever. Though, there was an update for 3.0.10 posted in the FAQ... HMMm. Maybe we just need to give anti-spam powers to more of our users. A lot of it seems to happen late night when I'm asleep.

Again with the smilies, huh? This one is the eighth new one in two months. But it looks cool in the asterisk 1 background.

's love spam. It slices so nice

Me either!!!












Ann

Spammers know when to post. In the morning, when the mods are asleep, because they need to sleep sometimes.
Ann

Spammers spam at ALL hours of the day and night.

A person who just posted to discuss things astronomical is no "ParaPho " of stellar wisdom.

Ann

Ok Ann, i give up. What is a ParaPho? It looks like a word only teachers would know. My Bing translater and Google aren't very smart, and neither is my Webster's College Dictionary, which means i just don't have a snowball's chance in Haiti of being smart in this regard either.

Beyond wrote:Ok Ann, i give up. What is a ParaPho? It looks like a word only teachers would know. :yes: My Bing translater and Google aren't very smart, and neither is my Webster's College Dictionary, which means i just don't have a snowball's chance in Haiti of being smart in this regard either. :no:

It's a woman who practices the oldest profession from a wheelchair.

Chris Peterson wrote:

Beyond wrote:Ok Ann, i give up. What is a ParaPho? It looks like a word only teachers would know. My Bing translater and Google aren't very smart, and neither is my Webster's College Dictionary, which means i just don't have a snowball's chance in Haiti of being smart in this regard either.

It's a woman who practices the oldest profession from a wheelchair.

Hmm.... ah, because of the way it's spelled, it just rolled on by me.

No, it's a fond nickname for a spammer named ParaPhota.

I was trying to imply that ParaPhota "discussed things astronomical" with the presumed wisdom of a Pharaoh.

Ann

Ah, no wonder it just rolled on by me. Thanks Ann. I think all that fresh mountain air is beginning to get to Chris. Maybe he should spend more time down in the pollution, like the rest of us.

Someone just posted in the "Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day" folder. This person is apparently a fan of Venus, or maybe not. In any case, the person apparently isn't aware that this is an "English only" forum.

Ann