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Viagra spammers, Offensive PMs| noz |
Posted: April 14, 2011 08:43 pm
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 Andre's Mate  Group: Members Posts: 1673 Member No.: 12 Joined: November 22, 2003  |
Hi all,
By now you will have received a spam PM from a member called "viagra" who is already no more. I can only apologise for this. He registered at 19.30 and by 19.35 had sent 1250 PMs. I didn't catch it until 19.46. The captcha during registration seems to stop the bots quite well but there's nothing that can distinguish between a real Xm owner and a spammer when its a human being doing it. Security versus freedom is an old song. Its always hard to strike a balance. The only step I have available to me now is to personally vet each and every registration. Until now I have resisted doing that both because of the additional workload and, to be honest, we've never needed it before. I will monitor it but if it happens again I'll need to step up the security another level. in the meantime I'll put a restriction on the number of PMs a member can send in any 24 hour period. Apologies again noz  -------------------- '10 '59' C5 2.0 HDi Exclusive Tourer Metallic Grey
'97 'P' XM 2.5 TD VSX Saloon RP 6610 Blue '97 'R' XM 2.5 TD Exclusive Saloon RP 7158 Silver '88 CX 22TRS Croisette Location: Avonbridge - Stirlingshire - Central Scotland |
    
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| Peter.N. |
Posted: April 14, 2011 10:25 pm
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 Andre's Mate Group: Members Posts: 3414 Member No.: 78 Joined: August 31, 2004 |
I didn't get one Noz
Peter -------------------- Used to have:
'96 'N' 2.1 td VSX manual estate White RP6695. '01 'Y' 406 GXL Hdi 110 manual estate silver '01 C5 estate 2.0. Hdi 110hp manual Located in Charmouth, Dorset. U.K. Blower transistors MJ 11015 |
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| AndersDK |
Posted: April 15, 2011 02:23 am
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 New Member Group: Members Posts: 6 Member No.: 45 Joined: March 14, 2004 |
I did get the spam mail - and a notification in my personal mail that I had a new PM waiting.
Thats the reason to peep in here, as its been quite a while since last time  No one would blame you Norrie as these spammers are all over the web, being a real nuisance at times. See you around, cheers mate  |
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| steelcityuk |
Posted: April 15, 2011 08:39 am
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 Double Chevron Group: Members Posts: 689 Member No.: 388 Joined: June 21, 2006 |
Hi Norrie,
As Anders said don't worry about it. Still I wonder if Viagra would help a tired XM rise up easier.... Keep up the good work Noz. Steve. -------------------- XM 2.1 SED - RP5876
Prius T Spirit - MB A170 CDi XM S2 2.0 TCT LPG Exclusive Hatch RP6654 C5 HDi110 Exclusive XM S2 2.5 VSX Estate XM S2 2.1 VSX Hatch Xantia HDi Exclusive 405 GTX TD |
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| jamieb |
Posted: April 15, 2011 10:05 am
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 132 Member No.: 423 Joined: August 17, 2006 |
So Viagra isn't a new Italian XM owner? Shame.
It simply isn't a problem as far as I'm concerned. Jamieb -------------------- Jamieb
1998 XM: 2L Turbo Hatch VSX 1988 CX: 2.2 TRS deceased 1992 XM 2.1 Diesel Turbo |
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| techmanagain |
Posted: April 15, 2011 11:01 am
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Double Chevron Group: Members Posts: 933 Member No.: 273 Joined: November 21, 2005 |
Your efforts are appreciated. Brian
-------------------- Xantia 2 litre HDi Saloon X reg 1999
.Peugeot 306 1.8 Petrol Automatic Hatchback. Now for sale. |
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| dean |
Posted: April 15, 2011 06:01 pm
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 Andre's Mate Group: Members Posts: 1441 Member No.: 852 Joined: May 23, 2007 |
I had the PM this afternoon from fredo62, seems to be a persistant little git.
D -------------------- 92 xm 20i prestige auto (modified)R.P 5678
96 Xantia Activa (modified) location-Isle of wight |
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| lanciaone |
 Posted: April 15, 2011 06:03 pm
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YES WELL DONE WE DONT NEED THEM
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| noz |
Posted: April 15, 2011 06:09 pm
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Andre's Mate Group: Members Posts: 1673 Member No.: 12 Joined: November 22, 2003 |
Hi Dean,
The original spammer used the username of "viagra". fredo62 is a new member who joined this morning and judging by his first post in the Introductions section he seems genuine. What makes you think that fredo62 was the viagra spammer? What was wrong with his PM? Cheers noz  -------------------- '10 '59' C5 2.0 HDi Exclusive Tourer Metallic Grey
'97 'P' XM 2.5 TD VSX Saloon RP 6610 Blue '97 'R' XM 2.5 TD Exclusive Saloon RP 7158 Silver '88 CX 22TRS Croisette Location: Avonbridge - Stirlingshire - Central Scotland |
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| dean |
Posted: April 15, 2011 08:20 pm
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Andre's Mate Group: Members Posts: 1441 Member No.: 852 Joined: May 23, 2007 |
Hi Noz
He sent me a PM titled 'buy viagra now' or something similar so i didnt bother opening just deleted, thought you should know, we had a similar thing happen on .uk a while back and they looked like genuine members but too genuine if you know what i mean, they listed , home country's and interests etc in their profiles and we were having to remove probably 3 or 4 a day at one point. Just thought i would let you know  D -------------------- 92 xm 20i prestige auto (modified)R.P 5678
96 Xantia Activa (modified) location-Isle of wight |
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| xmexclusive |
Posted: April 15, 2011 08:49 pm
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Andre's Mate Group: Members Posts: 2877 Member No.: 144 Joined: April 06, 2005 |
Hi Noz
I received the same fredo62 pm and deleted it unread. John -------------------- An interest in 2.5TD's.
Location: Hampshire, U.K. |
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| Norman |
Posted: April 16, 2011 08:10 am
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Same here read it deleted it
-------------------- Ex 98 Xm Vsx 2.1 Td Silver Estate RP 7548
without a sunroof Located in Edgerton, Huddersfield HD3 3LX Now with a C6 2.2 in Black still without a sunroof |
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| noz |
Posted: April 16, 2011 08:33 am
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Andre's Mate Group: Members Posts: 1673 Member No.: 12 Joined: November 22, 2003 |
Thanks for the support shown above which is more than can be said for the person who sent me this:
QUOTE Hi Webmaster@club-xm, Why are you permiting this? I don't want this sort of crap being sent to me as a PM from Club-XM!!! Get you security sorted out. Gxxxx. You just can't please some people. noz -------------------- '10 '59' C5 2.0 HDi Exclusive Tourer Metallic Grey
'97 'P' XM 2.5 TD VSX Saloon RP 6610 Blue '97 'R' XM 2.5 TD Exclusive Saloon RP 7158 Silver '88 CX 22TRS Croisette Location: Avonbridge - Stirlingshire - Central Scotland |
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| dean |
Posted: April 16, 2011 08:48 am
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Andre's Mate Group: Members Posts: 1441 Member No.: 852 Joined: May 23, 2007 |
.............A very understanding fellow indeed, Hopefully its a one of Noz, keep up the good work.
D -------------------- 92 xm 20i prestige auto (modified)R.P 5678
96 Xantia Activa (modified) location-Isle of wight |
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| Peter.N. |
Posted: April 16, 2011 09:44 am
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Andre's Mate Group: Members Posts: 3414 Member No.: 78 Joined: August 31, 2004 |
I wonder if he actually has an XM? They normally teach you to be tolerant.
Peter -------------------- Used to have:
'96 'N' 2.1 td VSX manual estate White RP6695. '01 'Y' 406 GXL Hdi 110 manual estate silver '01 C5 estate 2.0. Hdi 110hp manual Located in Charmouth, Dorset. U.K. Blower transistors MJ 11015 |
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