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Morsul the Dark · 10-06-2009, 10:40 AM

Evil spammers go away

alatar · 10-06-2009, 11:10 AM

Eternal vigilance...

Mithalwen · 10-06-2009, 11:35 AM

Especially for those who post something seeming innocuous with advertising in the sig....

Morsul the Dark · 10-06-2009, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Especially for those who post something seeming innocuous with advertising in the sig....

Yeah They actually got me on that one I missed it Alatar however was not fooled

Morthoron · 10-06-2009, 12:16 PM

My question is, has anyone actually ever bought anything from a spammer? Has this form of marketing ever proven to be anything but obnoxious? And do the spamites ever consider using a spell-check, because rarely do they post anything coherent.

Bêthberry · 10-06-2009, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Morthoron

My question is, has anyone actually ever bought anything from a spammer? Has this form of marketing ever proven to be anything but obnoxious? And do the spamites ever consider using a spell-check, because rarely do they post anything coherent.

I think, seeing as we are likely one of the last bastions of good spelling on teh Interwebs, that they never give spell-check a thought, as they likely don't bother to read us. They may, in fact, be unable to read our spelling.

alatar · 10-06-2009, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Morthoron

My question is, has anyone actually ever bought anything from a spammer?

My question is about reciprocity. As these spammers leave a sign pointing back to their caves, how can that be used to send them something...ah...special?

skip spence · 10-06-2009, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Morthoron

My question is, has anyone actually ever bought anything from a spammer? Has this form of marketing ever proven to be anything but obnoxious? And do the spamites ever consider using a spell-check, because rarely do they post anything coherent.

On another forum we had a member who replied to one of those Nigerian scam letters and proceeded to have a lengthy correspondence with a gentleman that he baited, reeled in, then released, over and over again, while duly posting the entire interchange. It was one of the funniest things I've ever read. Will see if I find it again.

But yeah, not the most erudite spammers on here...

Pitchwife · 10-06-2009, 02:01 PM

To begin with, would there be any way of making it impossible to register with a nick that consists of both

lower case letters only, and
more than two numbers at the end?

(still allowing for e.g. skip, Boro88 and autume98, but doing away with spmmr666 and all variations thereof)
I suppose any challenge to actually use their brains (or even be creative) would be to spammers what garlic is to vampires.

10-06-2009, 10:40 AM	#1
Morsul the Dark Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,448	Evil spammers go away __________________ Morsul the Resurrected

10-06-2009, 11:10 AM	#2
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	Eternal vigilance... __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.

10-06-2009, 11:35 AM	#3
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Especially for those who post something seeming innocuous with advertising in the sig.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

10-06-2009, 12:16 PM	#5
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,515	My question is, has anyone actually ever bought anything from a spammer? Has this form of marketing ever proven to be anything but obnoxious? And do the spamites ever consider using a spell-check, because rarely do they post anything coherent. __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.

10-06-2009, 02:01 PM	#9
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	To begin with, would there be any way of making it impossible to register with a nick that consists of both lower case letters only, and more than two numbers at the end? (still allowing for e.g. skip, Boro88 and autume98, but doing away with spmmr666 and all variations thereof) I suppose any challenge to actually use their brains (or even be creative) would be to spammers what garlic is to vampires. __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI