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YSU Penguin Athletics => YSU Penguin Athletics => Topic started by: JP21 on September 09, 2015, 02:16:59 PM

Title: Spam on the board
Post by: JP21 on September 09, 2015, 02:16:59 PM

Why does it take so long to get spam removed from the board?  They posted this at 530AM and I am still seeing advertisements for shemales. 

Title: Re: Spam on the board
Post by: IAA Fan on September 09, 2015, 02:31:43 PM

Sorry. I had to ban them and did not get to it until just now. I usually get them in the early morning.

Title: Re: Spam on the board
Post by: go guins on September 09, 2015, 05:02:59 PM

1-AA, I assumed you had timing issues and am discussed at the spammers, but fine with you.  What I don't understand is why some idiot would work to post trash like this on any site, much less a classy blog like you operate?
NO ANSWER requested or expected, it just never ceases to amaze me the trash out there!

Title: Re: Spam on the board
Post by: IAA Fan on September 09, 2015, 05:26:35 PM

Well not to bore everyone, but these are robots ...or SPAMbots. Not real people. The Internet is divided into about 5 sections ...ARIN controls most of North America. Generally I ban almost everything outside of ARIN. However, they still get through. If I block a particular Internet host, I may be blocking legitimate board users. So, I don't care if I block one from China, but I do care if I block on from the US.