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Nuked!
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Thanks everyone for reporting this recent epidemic of spam.

I've reinstated the "antibot registration question" mod that was lost when I updated the board. hopefully that will cut it down on the processed pork product around here.
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Gonzoron of the FoS wrote:I've reinstated the "antibot registration question" mod that was lost when I updated the board. hopefully that will cut it down on the processed pork product around here.
Yet more spam.
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got him... Sadly, the anti-bot question doesn't do anything to bots that are already registered (as this one was, a day before I added the question.) We'll see a few more trickling in, but it looks like the deluge is stopped. for now...
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Once again a pharmacy on the General Forum... Guess they want to play off the misery of those suffering in the mists... We should take the medicine and force them to come collect!!!

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This poster appears to be carving a speedy swathe.
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This post seems innocuous enough, but it's completely irrelevant and the poster has a post count of 1. My guess is they're going to sit low for a while and then re-edit their post later to link to some promotion.
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...that was quick! Which mod did that? Gonzoron? :)
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HuManBing wrote:...that was quick! Which mod did that? Gonzoron? :)
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I'm honestly torn on this poster. There's just enough topicality in the posts to warrant a second look, but enough vagueness that they might just be a placeholder bot.

Joel also seems doubtful, although both of us want to be careful about offending a genuine newcomer.
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Agreed. For the time being, we will give him the benefit of the doubt. Welcome, philipsteele! (unless you're a spammer).
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This one is looking very dubious.
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Achtung! Ich denke daß ein häßlich Spambot hat in unseren Foren gekommen! Möge es Schmach und Frösche auf seinen Namen sein.

Und ja, habe ich gesagt Frösche. (Ich bin einen Schlechtarsch.)
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