Airliners-India.com Flickr Group & Facebook    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Increasing amounts of spammers on this site          Airliners-India.com Forum Index -> Site Related View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message airindia787 Member Joined: 18 Nov 2007 Posts: 770 Location: DAB & ZTF Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:58 pm    Post subject: Increasing amounts of spammers on this site Hi all, I have noticed that the amount of spammers has increased dramatically over the past month. Many seem to be from the same organization, because though the content is different the format is similar among all of them. What new measures should we introduce in order to clamp down on this? It really is annoying to find a random thread among aviation related ones. _________________ http://openflights.org/user/akumanduri Back to top Nimish Member Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 9757 Location: Bangalore, India Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:49 am    Post subject: We've noticed it too, but given the free/ open nature of this forum, we're not likely to add in a manual verification step before a new member is let on. All members need to have verifiable email addresses, which it seems like these spammers do. The best option right now is to drop a PM/ email to the mods asking for a thread to be deleted immediately - we are pretty prompt with that. _________________ We miss you Nalini! Back to top shivendrashukla Member Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 1354 Location: Mumbai, India Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:40 pm    Post subject: Nimish wrote: we're not likely to add in a manual verification step before a new member is let on. I think it is time for this step now. Cheers Shivendra Back to top Aseem Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:00 pm    Post subject: shivendrashukla wrote: Nimish wrote: we're not likely to add in a manual verification step before a new member is let on. I think it is time for this step now. Cheers Shivendra Couple of things! First of all it is too much work to manually activate each member in timely manner. Secondly and more importantly, we have no means to x-check/validate besides our gut sense and they all seem to have valid looking email addresses. Imagine if they're able to validate the email address, then there is little more we can do manually to filter them out. _________________ [url=http://openflights.org/user/aseemsjohri] [/url] Back to top GuyFromBOM Member Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 544 Location: VABB Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 7:24 pm    Post subject: Nimish wrote: The best option right now is to drop a PM/ email to the mods asking for a thread to be deleted immediately - we are pretty prompt with that. Would it be possible to restrict a "new user" from creating a new thread for 'n days' and in the meanwhile, the current members can monitor the replies being posted onto the current threads. Incase the need be, the reply can be flagged to the Mods upon notice. _________________ The more I fly 9W, the more I prefer AI | FlightDiary: 59 Boeing + 30 Airbus + 9 ATR + 1 Embraer Back to top Aseem Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:06 am    Post subject: GuyFromBOM wrote: Nimish wrote: The best option right now is to drop a PM/ email to the mods asking for a thread to be deleted immediately - we are pretty prompt with that. Would it be possible to restrict a "new user" from creating a new thread for 'n days' and in the meanwhile, the current members can monitor the replies being posted onto the current threads. Incase the need be, the reply can be flagged to the Mods upon notice. Good idea, but we are not set up for that. It seems for the moment the simplest thing to do is to bring it to our attention. The provider gives us option to block usernames, email address (whole or in part with wild card character) and even IP address. So, if you guys can just let us know we can take of the rest. _________________ [url=http://openflights.org/user/aseemsjohri] [/url] Back to top iflytb20 Member Joined: 27 Jan 2007 Posts: 1079 Location: Next to the Airport Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:39 am    Post subject: Just wondering who Target is. Quote: Joined: 26 Jun 2009 Total posts: 16777215 [100.00% of total / 26214.40 posts per day] I don't recall any posts by the member target. _________________ Always do everything into wind...... except piss Last edited by iflytb20 on Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:37 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top sammyk Member Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 2719 Location: Austin, TX Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:48 am    Post subject: Probably a bot. Back to top texdravid Member Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 971 Location: GREAT STATE OF TEXAS Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:45 am    Post subject: Aseem wrote: GuyFromBOM wrote: Nimish wrote: The best option right now is to drop a PM/ email to the mods asking for a thread to be deleted immediately - we are pretty prompt with that. Would it be possible to restrict a "new user" from creating a new thread for 'n days' and in the meanwhile, the current members can monitor the replies being posted onto the current threads. Incase the need be, the reply can be flagged to the Mods upon notice. Good idea, but we are not set up for that. It seems for the moment the simplest thing to do is to bring it to our attention. The provider gives us option to block usernames, email address (whole or in part with wild card character) and even IP address. So, if you guys can just let us know we can take of the rest. God knows, Aseem, you have wielded that powerful weapon of shutting down an IP address (like mine) when I misbehave. Like Austin Powers, you say "Oh Texdravid, BE-HAVE". _________________ "A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan Proud Conservative in exile, soon to reawaken... Charter member, Indians against Obama Back to top G-BYGB Member Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 1813 Location: Bangalore/Delhi Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:43 am    Post subject: For last two days,there are some wierd new members from abroad who are posting irrelevant topics on this aviation forum. Even today there is a Russian user who has started a thread in aviation forum in his native language. _________________ www.flickr.com/G-BYGB photos Back to top Aseem Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:17 pm    Post subject: folks! we are actively blocking IP addresses. Just a request to all members that it is very difficult for us to scan every post, so if you could post the username and the IP address of the spammer, it will help us filter those out. thnx VT-ASJ on behalf of moderation team _________________ [url=http://openflights.org/user/aseemsjohri] [/url] Back to top 747-237 Member Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 11214 Location: Gordon Gekko's Boardroom Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 3:26 am    Post subject: iflytb20 wrote: Just wondering who Target is. Quote: Joined: 26 Jun 2009 Total posts: 16777215 [100.00% of total / 26214.40 posts per day] I don't recall any posts by the member target. Target, i believe, is the aggregate of all member posts. Just noticed this : The memberlist shows a new "member": abrarly Ireland Republic 28 Mar 2011 with 16777214 posts !!!!!!! Suggest mods look into this _________________ 11000 posts (and counting) on Airliners-India. Back to top Aseem Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:07 am    Post subject: 747-237 wrote: iflytb20 wrote: Just wondering who Target is. Quote: Joined: 26 Jun 2009 Total posts: 16777215 [100.00% of total / 26214.40 posts per day] I don't recall any posts by the member target. Target, i believe, is the aggregate of all member posts. Just noticed this : The memberlist shows a new "member": abrarly Ireland Republic 28 Mar 2011 with 16777214 posts !!!!!!! Suggest mods look into this I am a bit confused about the member's username?? Also now all new activation would be done by the moderation team, and before we do that the new members will have to introduce themselves.... just note the new section on the top of the forum for sign-in guidelines _________________ [url=http://openflights.org/user/aseemsjohri] [/url] Back to top iflytb20 Member Joined: 27 Jan 2007 Posts: 1079 Location: Next to the Airport Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:22 am    Post subject: Aseem wrote: ..... so if you could post the username and the IP address of the spammer, it will help us filter those out. Er...how can I find out the IP address of a poster??? _________________ Always do everything into wind...... except piss Back to top Spiderguy252 Member Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 4259 Location: Indian Ocean Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:27 pm    Post subject: iflytb20 wrote: Aseem wrote: ..... so if you could post the username and the IP address of the spammer, it will help us filter those out. Er...how can I find out the IP address of a poster??? He meant we should, the mods have access to that data. _________________ Yeah. Back to top Aseem Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:21 pm    Post subject: Spiderguy252 wrote: iflytb20 wrote: Aseem wrote: ..... so if you could post the username and the IP address of the spammer, it will help us filter those out. Er...how can I find out the IP address of a poster??? He meant we should, the mods have access to that data. There is a button right on the post besides "quote" that gives the IP address. Not sure if regular members can see it, but if you can just direct us to that spam post we will do the rest. thnx _________________ [url=http://openflights.org/user/aseemsjohri] [/url] Back to top Spiderguy252 Member Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 4259 Location: Indian Ocean Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:06 am    Post subject: Aseem wrote: There is a button right on the post besides "quote" that gives the IP address. Not sure if regular members can see it, but if you can just direct us to that spam post we will do the rest. No, that is visible only to mods and admins. Regular members cannot have any means to provide us the IP of individual posts and posters. _________________ Yeah. Back to top Aseem Member Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 6:04 am    Post subject: Spiderguy252 wrote: Aseem wrote: There is a button right on the post besides "quote" that gives the IP address. Not sure if regular members can see it, but if you can just direct us to that spam post we will do the rest. No, that is visible only to mods and admins. Regular members cannot have any means to provide us the IP of individual posts and posters. So, if they can provide us with the username, we will hunt down for IP address. _________________ [url=http://openflights.org/user/aseemsjohri] [/url] Back to top sammyk Member Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 2719 Location: Austin, TX Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 7:17 am    Post subject: They could just post a link to the spam thread/post here. Back to top jasepl Member Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 4257 Location: bund-bay Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 2:56 pm    Post subject: So apparently this Sarah girlie is so taken by me, she decided to send me a love note: Hello i am sarah udah, i saw your profile to day at (airliners.net) and became in trested in you,i will also like to know you more and i want you to send an email to my email address so i can give you my picture for you to know whom i am my email address is (sarahudah@yahoo.com) (Remeber the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life) please contact me here sarahudah@yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------- Message was sent using the mail interface on Airliners.net by user sarah4u http://www.airliners.net/ Anyone else get something like this? Or am I the only special one? Haha! _________________ four years free of jetya punti! Back to top The_Goat Member Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 3260 Location: South of France Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 3:00 pm    Post subject: jasepl wrote: So apparently this Sarah girlie is so taken by me, she decided to send me a love note: Hello i am sarah udah, i saw your profile to day at (airliners.net) and became in trested in you,i will also like to know you more and i want you to send an email to my email address so i can give you my picture for you to know whom i am my email address is (sarahudah@yahoo.com) (Remeber the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life) please contact me here sarahudah@yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------- Message was sent using the mail interface on Airliners.net by user sarah4u http://www.airliners.net/ Anyone else get something like this? Or am I the only special one? Haha! I maintain a special email id solely for pranks and I have sent her an email using that one. Let's see if she responds _________________ I don't know which is the more pampered bunch : AI's widebodies (the aunties) or Jet's widebodies (the planes). -Jasepl Back to top Spiderguy252 Member Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 4259 Location: Indian Ocean Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 6:37 pm    Post subject: The_Goat wrote: I maintain a special email id solely for pranks and I have sent her an email using that one. Let's see if she responds Don't be hopeful. It's a bot. _________________ Yeah. Back to top iflytb20 Member Joined: 27 Jan 2007 Posts: 1079 Location: Next to the Airport Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:58 pm    Post subject: I know its been a while since i visited the forum but i did''nt know it was THAT long PS: Look at last post in Civil Aviation _________________ Always do everything into wind...... except piss Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         Airliners-India.com Forum Index -> Site Related All times are GMT + 5.5 Hours Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum New Members----------------Sign-up Guidelines Airliners-India----------------Civil AviationNon AviationTrip ReportsMilitary Aviation & SpaceInternationalAviation Polls & PreferenceTech/OpsAviation PhotographyEditorial/Analysis/ArticlesAviation HobbyAviation LawAviation Questions & CareersSite Related Flickr Group----------------Photo of the Month My Message Board----------------Pin Up  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group. 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