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> From: krandall@rdrcpa.biz
> To: aga-mcm@thekrib.com
> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:21:26 -0500
> Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] Update on things forum...
>
> I've actually been trying to scan the bot daily. (that part is working
> great!!!) Today there was so much spam that I actually missed the real post
> mixed in there. I've even been trying to post more. Unfortunately, this is
> exactly the kind of post I don't have time for right now... someone new and
> well-meaning, but totally clueless - where you want to say, stop, don't even
> put water in the tank, go read a book first.
>
> Karen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aga-mcm-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:aga-mcm-bounces@thekrib.com] On
> Behalf Of Erik Olson
> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 11:19 AM
> To: aga-mcm@thekrib.com
> Subject: [AGA-mcm] Update on things forum...
>
> Moderators
> ----------
>
> A bit back I sent out a mass e-mail to all moderaters asking them all to
> please log in to the forum and change their digest and notification
> settings. As a result, Jason, Larry & cul8rg8r at least logged in. I
>
>
> Cavan (last logged in June 2009), Leff Ludwig (August 2006), Paul
> Krombholz (Oct 2007), Sean Murphy (Nov 2009), and Ghazanfar (Aug 2009) did
> not respond to the e-mail.
>
> I suggest that we need to get some better moderators, and at least replace
> the ones who haven't been here in two years.
>
> There's a newbie post from this morning that would be great to reply to.
>
>
> Spam
> ----
>
> Switched to Re-captcha last Friday after we started getting daily spam.
> Went the whole weekend without any, and then got two spammers this
> morning. Read that Re-captcha isn't that good either. But also looks
> like if I change back to the original captcha but don't use default
> settings, that may be less breakable.
>
> Some of the spammers are either very sophisticated 'bots, or are actual
> people being paid to do this. There was one post this morning that was
> basically a reply to a post from someone in the Phillipines, and it said
> "hey, I see you're in the Phillipines, we should meet." The signature was
> a link to a cigar website or something. Other replies have been almost
> on-topic.
>
> - Erik
>
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