Thanks, Greg, but the spammers never get through. ...

2009-07-27T08:40:12.987-07:00

Thanks, Greg, but the spammers never get through. I still need to remove them one by one from the member list so they don't reflect a false count.

There were 24 within the past six hours, only two of which were legitimate. The rest needed to be deleted.

Besides, I want the RV Travel forum members to appreciate a clean, well-managed site where they can post and read safely. We have quite a community discussing "anything and everything to do with RVing."

Adrienne, your blog provider likely has software a...

2009-07-27T05:18:34.976-07:00

Adrienne, your blog provider likely has software available for you to use to eliminate this spam.

I know it's frustrating. I once spent hours a day tracking down each "applicant" for a website I used to manage.

Sometimes its people from third world countries that are paid to post the spam on as many sites as they can. But, most often, it's computer generated.

We FINALLY installed software or turned on a feature that blocked IP addresses from outside of America. You might also check to see if there isn't something like CAPTCHA available for use on your site.

CAPTCHA is the software that requires users to enter a little code before they can register or post. Only humans can read the code, not computers.

Check with your blogging provider to see if they can do anything to help you decrease spam. If they can't, contact me and I might be able to set up a blog for you on our servers.

GREG GERBER, Editor, RVeNEWS

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