And here come the spambots

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Count Casimir
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And here come the spambots

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Arioch, what do you think of makin' some janitors, as it were?
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Re: And here come the spambots

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The spammers are a pretty steady drizzle, and I suspect it will always be that way. There are currently two moderators, and we delete the spam posts as we see them.

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Best thing to do as a user is to hit the report button and quietly ignore the spam until it vanishes.
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Re: And here come the spambots

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Keep regular back ups. Once you garner some attention you'll get all manner of toads trying to spam the place, hack it or crash it. All phpbb based forums I did got targeted in this manner over the last 4 years. Ruudje at sierra chest gets the same problems.
They're a pain in the butt :(

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