Spam in Private Messages

[Aaron Koehl]

All,

I have had a few reports of people signing up with accounts and sending out spam through either the private message (PM) system or the SawmillCreek email system. (I've had <5 reported cases of this in all these years).

Note: Your actual email address isn't exposed to the spammer unless you respond.

Please forward to me (via email) any Spam received through the Private Message system so I can take action. Anyone caught spamming is IMMEDIATELY made in to a "Guest" status--it will not be tolerated at all.

Again, please copy and paste any PMs that contain SPAM or other COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING (and who they're from) to webmaster@sawmillcreek.org. Please don't forward them to me through the Private Messaging system, as my inbox will become full with a quickness.

For regular posts or threads containing commercial advertising, simply use the "Report Post to Moderator" icon at the top right of each post. (The little red yield sign)

Thanks!

_Aaron_

[Lee DeRaud]

"Bayesian filtering heuristics"...you should be ashamed of yourself for using language like that in a "family-friendly" forum. What were you thinking?!?

[Jeff Sudmeier]

Aaron, thank you for the message regarding spam. I have not received any as of yet, but I am sure that it is coming! Unforutnately, it is not very difficult to do on ANY forum... And there are plenty out there that profit off of it.

[Aaron Koehl]

"Bayesian filtering heuristics"...you should be ashamed of yourself for using language like that in a "family-friendly" forum. What were you thinking?!?

Ahh! Ya got me! It slipped! Promise! I'm so embarassed..

[Lee DeRaud]

Ahh! Ya got me! It slipped! Promise! I'm so embarassed..

I should hope so...haven't seen anything like that since I was in college and got slapped for referring to a female freshman drama student as a "matriculating thespian".

[Aaron Koehl]

I should hope so...haven't seen anything like that since I was in college and got slapped for referring to a female freshman drama student as a "matriculating thespian".

Sigh.. That reminds me of a neat library (gasp!) book I read back in '99 called Doublespeak. I'd paste a link, but a search for the book turned up 1558 results; and I don't remember which one it was..