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« on: June 13, 2011, 04:44:33 am » |
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I've just elevated hawkwing_lb aka Liz to the rank of Spam Assassin in order to deal with the mass of Russians selling narcotics that have been washing over our shores in the past two days.
I'm still looking for one or two more volunteers.
--Bear
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Chaz: "As if puberty weren't stressful enough."
Todd: "See? That's why we're better than all those other law enforcement agencies. Correct use of the subjunctive."
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eschatonic
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« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2011, 06:24:40 am » |
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I'll do it if you promise to issue me an official Spam Assassin Laser Gun.
Always wanted a laser gun...
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No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.
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Elizabeth Bear
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« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2011, 07:05:06 am » |
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I'll do it if you promise to issue me an official Spam Assassin Laser Gun.
Always wanted a laser gun...
You get your title changed to Spam Assassin. |
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Chaz: "As if puberty weren't stressful enough."
Todd: "See? That's why we're better than all those other law enforcement agencies. Correct use of the subjunctive."
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glinda_w
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Why, this is Hell, nor are we out of it.
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« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2011, 07:45:11 am » |
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*raises hand to volunteer*
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Still will I harvest beauty where it grows... --Edna ST. Vincent Millay
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Elizabeth Bear
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« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2011, 08:00:33 am » |
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*raises hand to volunteer*
I dub thee Sir Glinda, Assassin of SPAM |
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Chaz: "As if puberty weren't stressful enough."
Todd: "See? That's why we're better than all those other law enforcement agencies. Correct use of the subjunctive."
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glinda_w
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Why, this is Hell, nor are we out of it.
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« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2011, 08:20:40 am » |
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*very quiet squee-ing*
(I already did the probably-scaring-the-neighbors loud squee last Wednesday when that Kindle showed up at my door...)
(thank you!)
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Still will I harvest beauty where it grows... --Edna ST. Vincent Millay
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Korvar
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« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2011, 08:21:34 am » |
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I'd be happy to help.
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Elizabeth Bear
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« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2011, 08:57:03 am » |
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I'd be happy to help.
Yer hired. Basically, once you have your superpowers, when you click on a member's name, you should see the options to "Ban" and "Delete" in the left hand column. When we find a spammer, we ban, then we delete. (and go ahead and ban on IP. Sometimes you can get two or three at one blow that way.) We try to make sure new people aren't just shy. Some indications of a real person: they have logged in more than once, for more than a minute or two. They have posted something that's useful. Their photo is not a model or actor. They link to a website that's somebody's home page and not a site selling narcotics. *g* |
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Chaz: "As if puberty weren't stressful enough."
Todd: "See? That's why we're better than all those other law enforcement agencies. Correct use of the subjunctive."
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txanne
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« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2011, 08:59:09 am » |
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You'll get a sense for spammers. For example, email addresses like asdfallkj@gmail.com are probably not real. You can also google IPs; if it appears on the Project Honeypot webpage, you can ban it. |
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Elizabeth Bear
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« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2011, 08:59:46 am » |
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Yahoo.uk addresses are nearly ALL spammers.
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Chaz: "As if puberty weren't stressful enough."
Todd: "See? That's why we're better than all those other law enforcement agencies. Correct use of the subjunctive."
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Korvar
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« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2011, 10:09:07 am » |
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I'd be happy to help.
Yer hired. Basically, once you have your superpowers, when you click on a member's name, you should see the options to "Ban" and "Delete" in the left hand column. When we find a spammer, we ban, then we delete. (and go ahead and ban on IP. Sometimes you can get two or three at one blow that way.) Delete the post too, or is that handled by BanAndDelete? |
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txanne
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« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2011, 10:19:15 am » |
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You have to choose "delete topics and posts."
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jimsmyth
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« Reply #12 on: June 13, 2011, 11:42:31 am » |
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Does that take care of sending the meat to Hormel for canning, and the posting of their payment to the keep-the-goodness-flowing account?
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"I wanted to tell you both. I've met someone."
"Danny, that's good," his mother said, sounding strange and strained and cautious. "What's--"
"His name's Grayson. He works for the State Department."
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glinda_w
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Why, this is Hell, nor are we out of it.
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« Reply #13 on: June 13, 2011, 12:59:52 pm » |
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Does that take care of sending the meat to Hormel for canning, and the posting of their payment to the keep-the-goodness-flowing account?
There are payments? (Also, yeesh. Leave the computer for half an hour, and they're all over the place. Pesky things...) |
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Still will I harvest beauty where it grows... --Edna ST. Vincent Millay
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« Reply #14 on: June 13, 2011, 01:05:11 pm » |
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(Also, yeesh. Leave the computer for half an hour, and they're all over the place. Pesky things...)
One might almost find their proliferation...anomalous. |
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