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#1 Requiem

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Posted 16 February 2005 - 07:45 PM

I'll make this one as short as possible:

Private Message spam! If you suspect someone of this, report them to myself or Sway (or both of us in fact!). PM spam is just as serious as email spamming, or general forum spamming. Also, sometimes you might get a PM from someone which may not seem too significant - for example, a message out of the blue telling you about another forum. But if you don't know the person who sent it, check when they registered. If it was sometime within the last two weeks, the chances are they've registered not to take part in the community but just to advertise their community, and might be messaging other members with the same thing.

So tell us about it and we'll investigate. Better to raise a false alarm than to tolerate spam/advertising and allow it to continue.

That will be all

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#2 Lord Shmeckie

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Posted 16 February 2005 - 08:07 PM

I'm sure you're already aware that miles54321 has been doing that.

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#3 Requiem

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Posted 16 February 2005 - 08:20 PM

Quite so, he's been banned now

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#4 chaosknightmare

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Posted 16 February 2005 - 08:27 PM

can i just ask what is it i mean what do you spam about in a PM?

~ck

#5 dorkiness

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Posted 16 February 2005 - 08:31 PM

Ya, Mile54321 Pm'd me about he forum too.. :angry:

"Pss, hey Guido, its all so clear to me now. I'm the keeper of the cheese and you're the lemon merchant, you get it? And he knows it. That's why he's gonna kill us. So we got to beat it, ya, before he let's loose the marmosets on us. Don't worry little missy, I'll save you!"

#6 Requiem

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Posted 16 February 2005 - 08:44 PM

chaosknightmare, on Feb 16 2005, 12:27 PM, said:

can i just ask what is it i mean what do you spam about in a PM?

Um, I roughtly translate that as "how do you define it?".

It's when people register at Sonic Online purely to PM all the members about another forum they can join. If you're friends with someone on the board, it's okay to talk about other places - we're not against that. But when someone registers and instantly messages all our members about another forum, that's just advertising/spam

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#7 chaosknightmare

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Posted 16 February 2005 - 09:44 PM

wouldnt it be quicker and easyer to use the advertising part of the forums?

~ck

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Posted 16 February 2005 - 09:53 PM

The funny thing is, yes it would.

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#9 Requiem

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Posted 16 February 2005 - 09:53 PM

Sure, but they do it just to ensure they get everyone's attention.

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#10 Tails0

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Posted 16 February 2005 - 10:23 PM

the wierdest thing is up with my PM
its saying that i have -1 new messages

is my favorite character!

#11 Requiem

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Posted 16 February 2005 - 10:24 PM

Blame it on IPB. It has issues

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#12 Tails0

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Posted 16 February 2005 - 10:26 PM

ok

DIE IPB!!!!
*stomps on IPB*

YAY PIE

is my favorite character!

#13 Invader Tails

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Posted 16 February 2005 - 10:29 PM

If it is like the sonic stadium, all you need is a pm to fix it, so I'll give you one.

Wii

#14 Tails0

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Posted 16 February 2005 - 10:30 PM

YAY

is my favorite character!

#15 Smokey The Bear

Im Explinct Content...

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Posted 16 February 2005 - 11:11 PM

I got it from Flame a while ago.......

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#16 sonictk

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Posted 17 February 2005 - 07:55 AM

I was so excited when i saw I had a new PM...only to find out it was spam.

Damn spammers...

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#17 death_entry

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Posted 17 February 2005 - 03:54 PM

tsk tsk this would have never have happend if we still were screening members. I feel violated!!

lol

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#18 Cookie Monster

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Posted 18 February 2005 - 01:18 AM

The problems taken care of now, isnt it, heck, I like the non-screening thing, but anyways, nice job on the old miles banning thingy, he pmed me too, the bastard

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#19 Shade

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Posted 18 February 2005 - 12:16 PM

Do I report the spam here in this topic, or do I send a PM to a Sway and/or Requiem?

This post has been edited by Shade: 18 February 2005 - 12:28 PM

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#20 Cookie Monster

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Posted 18 February 2005 - 01:59 PM

Its taken care of now, dude, no worries

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Private Message spam

#1 Requiem

#2 Lord Shmeckie

#3 Requiem

#4 chaosknightmare

#5 dorkiness

#6 Requiem

#7 chaosknightmare

#8 Sway

#9 Requiem

#10 Tails0

#11 Requiem

#12 Tails0

#13 Invader Tails

#14 Tails0

#15 Smokey The Bear

#16 sonictk

#17 death_entry

#18 Cookie Monster

#19 Shade

#20 Cookie Monster

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