Spam Measures

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  • July 25, 2007 at 4:44 pm #16175
    sara
    Member

    Additionally, I don’t think you’ll be blocked from reading the messages if your registration has been deleted. I am always able to read when I’m not logged in. You’ll only be prevented from posting if you don’t have a registration. Rick – please correct me if I am wrong.

    I think this is a great measure to help cut out the spam. I’m dismayed every time I come on here and see the spam, and it’s getting ridiculous that the moderators are having to commit so much time to monitor the spam postings.

    July 25, 2007 at 6:38 am #16174
    rick
    Keymaster

    Juanita,

    No worries, you will be just fine. Only those registrations that have never posted a comment will be deleted. (They are usually spambots testing the system.)

    And if by some quirk, a valid registration is accidentially deleted . . . they will only need to re-register.

    I hoped that cleared up any concerns!

    Rick

    July 25, 2007 at 5:10 am #16173
    juster
    Member

    Rick – I understand your need to deal with the spam issue, but I would hate for my registration to be deleted. My husband died of cc on March 5 and, even though he is gone, I still have the need to go on this site and read the posts of the many people I have followed since we found this site in September 2005. I feel like I know each of them and it would be such a loss to me if I could not access this site.

    I may be confused as to what deleting a registration means, so if you will clarify this I would appreciate it. Thanks so much

    Juanita Uster

    July 23, 2007 at 7:56 pm #584
    rick
    Keymaster

    Wow. I’ve tried my best to eliminate the spam on our site, but it is almost impossible to keep up with it.

    So, beginning today . . .

    All new registrations will need email confirmations.

    and

    All registrations older than 30 days without any posts will be deleted.
    (users with 0 total posts)

    If there are any problems or questions, please let me know!

    Thanks,
    rick@cholangiocarcinoma.org

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