Reporting spam messages, 10 min delay.

[Ualaa]

On the other boxing site, I can report a message as spam once every 60 seconds.
On multiboxing, I can only report a message once every 600 seconds.

I realize, once a user has had a single post reported a mod/admin can ban the user and remove all of their posts... so a given user only needs to be reported once.

However, this is the second time in the last month where two or more different user names have spammed/advertised.

Unfortunately, there is the delay in being able to report their activities.

[Nghtmr9999]

I only once got an e-mail about a spam message. I'll just have to use my spambuster program more.

[Tim]

Are you talking about reporting spam on this site? Not to sound obtuse, but how do you do that? Maybe I don't see it as my other admin tools overshadow it?

I'll be happy to increase the timer, if I can just realize what you're talking bout

[Tim]

I did some research and I think I have it changed, have it set to 59 seconds now I believe

[Ualaa]

There is a exclamation icon (black) on a white background triangle with a red outline.
This is under the Post Count for each user.

Clicking that, should send notification to admins that a post is bad.
Assuming a given admin wants notification... or has it set to notify them, presumably by email.

[Nghtmr9999]

Also, it seems that spam bots are using PMs now, as Ualaa has reported one to me.

[Ualaa]

Spam reporting is 60 seconds now; unfortunately with the Russian link and text, plus the information on women's sporting equipment messages... I've already tested it.

[Tim]

Thanks for the heads up again. Since we are getting spammed more and more, I've done a few things to tighten and restrict SPAM bots on the forum in PMs. It is hard for me to test, but hopefully over the next few days or w/e we will see an improvement.

[Drarkan]

Yeah, I was reading older years old threads that had "new" posts in it, then realized at the very end was some spam messages so I reported it, I to experienced what Ualaa is saying, that after reading the next thread, there was a different bot posting and I couldn't post since there was a 10 min timer. I have on my website a spam blocker, but I don't get enough traffic yet since its new and our business is still young. Though through the years I wouldn't be surprised If I have to tighten the hatches.

[Baldecaran]

But on a positive note, it serves to reaquaint the users with some valuable information from a newly *bumped* thread.