I'm out of here.

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Permalink Reply by Declan Cunningham on January 31, 2012 at 17:04

Hi Jaquelyn, 

We are now in the habit of checking the qpod club for adverts and 'spammers' on a daily basis, removing them and their posts from the website. 

Thanks for keeping us informed, we will look into securing member messaging. Please make sure your email addresses on your page is not complete i.e admin(at)cunninghamsauto(dot)com, to prevent direct mailing. 

Thanks

Declan 

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Permalink Reply by Alex on January 31, 2012 at 20:59

I agree this spamming is starting to become out of hand. 

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Permalink Reply by Jaquelyn on January 31, 2012 at 23:05

It's been going on for a few weeks Declan, not days!

I say torch the spammer!

Declan Cunningham said:

Hi Jaquelyn, 

We are now in the habit of checking the qpod club for adverts and 'spammers' on a daily basis, removing them and their posts from the website. 

Thanks for keeping us informed, we will look into securing member messaging. Please make sure your email addresses on your page is not complete i.e admin(at)cunninghamsauto(dot)com, to prevent direct mailing. 

Thanks

Declan 

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Permalink Reply by Chris Manley on February 1, 2012 at 7:29

Hi Jackie, hope you and Trog are both well x

If you go into the Settings (in little white box at top right of the webpage), then email, you can turn off email notifications so you won't get the annoying little so and so's  Mind you, if they disappear forever..... how will I be able to get my Viagara? lol

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Permalink Reply by Jaquelyn on February 1, 2012 at 10:56

I thought you were on Scooby Snax and DAP collars?

Chris Manley said:

Hi Jackie, hope you and Trog are both well x

If you go into the Settings (in little white box at top right of the webpage), then email, you can turn off email notifications so you won't get the annoying little so and so's  Mind you, if they disappear forever..... how will I be able to get my Viagara? lol

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Permalink Reply by Jaquelyn on February 1, 2012 at 10:57

Re the emails - if I turn off the notifications, how do I know if anyones posted anything legit?

Chris Manley said:

Hi Jackie, hope you and Trog are both well x

If you go into the Settings (in little white box at top right of the webpage), then email, you can turn off email notifications so you won't get the annoying little so and so's  Mind you, if they disappear forever..... how will I be able to get my Viagara? lol

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Permalink Reply by Chris N on February 2, 2012 at 11:52

Declan,

  given that there are several of us who are (or at least were) visiting the site on a regular basis, would it be possible to grant some moderator rights to allow people to remove the spam and lock users who are filling the site with garbage. 

 

It would help those of us who are looking for help/information to find it on the front page, rather than behind the commercials.  I am sure some of the longer standing members would fit the bill.

Declan Cunningham said:

Hi Jaquelyn, 

We are now in the habit of checking the qpod club for adverts and 'spammers' on a daily basis, removing them and their posts from the website. 

Thanks for keeping us informed, we will look into securing member messaging. Please make sure your email addresses on your page is not complete i.e admin(at)cunninghamsauto(dot)com, to prevent direct mailing. 

Thanks

Declan 

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Permalink Reply by Alex on February 2, 2012 at 15:57

Thats a good idea, I'd be happy to help moderate if you need a volunteer, I do visit the site about 3 times a day lol
 
Chris N said:

Declan,

  given that there are several of us who are (or at least were) visiting the site on a regular basis, would it be possible to grant some moderator rights to allow people to remove the spam and lock users who are filling the site with garbage. 

 

It would help those of us who are looking for help/information to find it on the front page, rather than behind the commercials.  I am sure some of the longer standing members would fit the bill.

Declan Cunningham said:

Hi Jaquelyn, 

We are now in the habit of checking the qpod club for adverts and 'spammers' on a daily basis, removing them and their posts from the website. 

Thanks for keeping us informed, we will look into securing member messaging. Please make sure your email addresses on your page is not complete i.e admin(at)cunninghamsauto(dot)com, to prevent direct mailing. 

Thanks

Declan 

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Permalink Reply by Chris N on March 30, 2012 at 20:21

Declan,

  did you give any thought to this?  I am here several times a day, and still see spam from the same rogue users plugging up the front page.

Chris N said:

Declan,

  given that there are several of us who are (or at least were) visiting the site on a regular basis, would it be possible to grant some moderator rights to allow people to remove the spam and lock users who are filling the site with garbage. 

 

It would help those of us who are looking for help/information to find it on the front page, rather than behind the commercials.  I am sure some of the longer standing members would fit the bill.

Declan Cunningham said:

Hi Jaquelyn, 

We are now in the habit of checking the qpod club for adverts and 'spammers' on a daily basis, removing them and their posts from the website. 

Thanks for keeping us informed, we will look into securing member messaging. Please make sure your email addresses on your page is not complete i.e admin(at)cunninghamsauto(dot)com, to prevent direct mailing. 

Thanks

Declan 

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Permalink Reply by Alex on March 31, 2012 at 11:32

Spam is an unfortunate problem on almost all message boards.
Whilst I agree they should be strung up, there is not a lot you can do to 100% get rid of them.

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Alan on April 1, 2012 at 22:32

I disagree about spam being inevitable on message boards.  Spam is a problem, but I am a member of a couple of other web based vehicle  owners club,s both much bigger than the QPOD group, and I've never seen any unauthorised messages on them like we see on the QPOD site.  Please don't get me wrong thats not  a critism of this site, I wouldn't know where to start in running such a forum and I enjoy using this one.  Maybe they have lots of people moderating the content, so they get picked up earlier?

Alan

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