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The last couple of days I've seen a half dozen or so spam postings. I thought anyone signing up for the forum had to get approved by a moderator before they could post. Has someone hacked the forum?
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(01-25-2018, 02:09 PM)FrankAtl Wrote: The last couple of days I've seen a half dozen or so spam postings. I thought anyone signing up for the forum had to get approved by a moderator before they could post. Has someone hacked the forum?
This is the tool swap and sell forum.
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(01-25-2018, 05:48 PM)RKMBrown© Wrote: This is the tool swap and sell forum.
Yes I know. This where I've been seeing the spam.
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I don't know that they approve new accounts.
I've seen more spam posts also.
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I reported one last night. It was for some kind of product and it had a link. Didn't click it, but IIRC it was in the hand tool section of the forum, where it obviously did not belong.
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Well Handi just told me in another thread that Woodsmith doesn't host this forum any longer. I did not know that. When they hosted it the mods had to approve a new account before it was activated. That might not be the case any longer.
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(01-26-2018, 08:02 AM)FrankAtl Wrote: Well Handi just told me in another thread that Woodsmith doesn't host this forum any longer. I did not know that.
Well, they sort of do, their parent company Active Interest Media does.
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(01-26-2018, 11:43 AM)Admiral Wrote: Well, they sort of do, their parent company Active Interest Media does.
Thanks Admiral. It's hard to keep up with any company these days with all of the acquisitions going on.
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(01-25-2018, 02:09 PM)FrankAtl Wrote: The last couple of days I've seen a half dozen or so spam postings. I thought anyone signing up for the forum had to get approved by a moderator before they could post. Has someone hacked the forum?
All the Woodnet spam I get seems related to project plans. And it seems daily now...
