[server-admins] Spam link removal request

[DM Smith]

Hmm. I think I figured out the value of having an account. With an account one can go to the user list to harvest emails. I have set mine to hidden as have many others, but it shows there.

That perhaps explains why I get 400+ junk &| vulgar emails on the email account tied to my forum account.

I don't have the time to take over. But I can help from time to time.

BTW, what is the database for the forums? Is it query-able? Is there some way we can do a mass delete?

-- DM


On Nov 17, 2012, at 4:19 AM, Manfred Bergmann <manfred.bergmann at me.com> wrote:

> There are new account registrations every day. Many of them don't post at all.
> And many post only spam with links in signatures. I had looked in the forum every day and deleted those posts including the users.
> However I'm not having the time at the moment to do this. Can someone else take over?
> 
> 
> Manfred
> 
> 
> Am 16.11.2012 um 17:20 schrieb DM Smith <dmsmith at crosswire.org>:
> 
>> There are over 3500 accounts on the forum. There is no need to have an account unless one is going to post.
>> 
>> This user has had an account for over a year and has not logged in since creating the account. It can be deleted.
>> 
>> I don't know if the request is legit, but since we can close the account w/o harm, I don't see why we can't/don't  honor it.
>> 
>> 
>> On Nov 16, 2012, at 11:09 AM, "Troy A. Griffitts" <scribe at crosswire.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Is this a legit request?
>>> 
>>> From: Mark Lamendola <comments at mindconnection.com>
>>> Sent: Fri Nov 16 09:11:25 CST 2012
>>> To: scribe at crosswire.org
>>> Subject: Spam link removal request
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> Your site has many a spam page linking to our site, and Google is penalizing us for this:
>>> http://www.crosswire.org/forums/mvnforum/viewmember?member=jonas
>>> 
>>> Look at the signature, and you'll see why it's spam.
>>> 
>>> Please close this abuser's account.
>>> 
>>> Thank you!
>>> 
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Mark Lamendola
>>> www.mindconnection.com
>>> Mindconnection, LLC
>>> 
>>> 
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