Spam

Thanks :)

Thanks Yourvalentine.
I know it will never happen but it is really time Richard got more help here.

This time it's not normal spam: I can sense some malicious person who want to ruin QZ specifically. You know who they are.

The fight against spam is not an easy one. I once lost one of my website to spam. My website demanded an email validation, plus a captcha, for new members, but dozens of new spammers still get through EVERYDAY. There were days the number of spamming came to hundreds/day. I was tired of it and blocked all new member and asked them to converse with me to confirm that they are reasonable human before I unlock their accounts. Well, it turned out that many of the spammers were human and they could fool me to get through.

So no point in blaming YV. I think it's rather Richard who must do something, anything (capcha, email validation, blocking some IPs?, spam filters etc. ).

YourValentine wrote:

Sorry, people, I do what I can. When I see the idiot I delete him immediately. Pittrek is nice enough to keep notifying me on fb - I get his messages at work and I delete as soon as I can.

Thank you :) I don't think anyone is angry at you. More like the system of the forum is to blame.

I do not know your personal circumstances YV but it would appear you are 1 of 2 people who can deal with this situation (correct me if I am wrong). With the greatest of respect, with this being a prominent message board for such a massive band like Queen I don't really find it acceptable that you need to be informed via PM's on Facebook about a spam attack. If I were you I would at least check in on the site every now and then, just out of curiosity if nothing else. Are you even a Queen fan? How often do you actually visit the site? I mean no offence.

hobbit in Rhye wrote:

This time it's not normal spam: I can sense some malicious person who want to ruin QZ specifically. You know who they are.

I too think this is a possibility.