The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:55 pm**

Didn't fancy clicking on one of the links to find out.

Posted: **Tue Dec 14, 2010 9:02 pm**

It was spam, Al, now deleted.

Posted: **Tue Dec 14, 2010 9:06 pm**

Cheers Dave.

Posted: **Tue Dec 14, 2010 9:33 pm**

usually get 4-5 of em a day, fist thing in morning 5-6am is the time they get posted ,MSH

Posted: **Tue Dec 14, 2010 9:33 pm**

never a good idea to click on any link from an unknown author
LLL

Posted: **Tue Dec 14, 2010 9:34 pm**

i pick up the late ones, 11-1 AM
LLL

Posted: **Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:45 am**

If the spammers sign up while I'm working at the computer in my study, I can usually ban them *before* they get a chance to post their nonsense.

At the moment, they are using a script that automagically posts the spam from their HQ in Russia, with the USA and China running a close second and third. This is an inherent weakness in the current forum set-up, as it can't block the usual email addresses such as ivan@mail.ru, and it can't handle a 'captcha' one of those annoying bendy word images that have to be decoded when you sign up to spam-proof sites.

There've been other 'issues' with the Brew Cabin software in recent months and I'm going to have another go at getting the replacement software finalised, up and running while the trade is quiet. I know I say this every winter, but we are pretty close to tipping point in terms of what this antiquated system can handle.

Posted: **Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:15 pm**

lutonlagerlout wrote:i pick up the late ones, 11-1 AM
LLL

And I usually do the early shift!

Posted: **Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:34 pm**

All in all I think LLL,dave_l, myself and Tony have the spammers almost under control,take there porn and stuff and bugger off
MSH

Posted: **Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:10 pm**

cough cough, i get one or two first thing

delete them and report the ip to the gaffer

Posted: **Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:51 pm**

What's the angle with spammers? Are they phishing for security info or promoting something?

Al

Posted: **Wed Dec 15, 2010 10:37 pm**

promoting bogus pharm sites ,harvesting emails and generally trying to piss people off
it gives me a little chuckle when i delete them,I dont know what the stats are but i guess there must have been a few thousand deleted between us
LLL

Posted: **Wed Dec 15, 2010 10:53 pm**

Sorry i forgot you giles.......MSH

Posted: **Thu Dec 16, 2010 11:34 am**

Al Jardin wrote:What's the angle with spammers? Are they phishing for security info or promoting something?

Most are promoting, if that's the right word, iffy pharmacies, businesses in the US (realty in Cook County, Arkansas, etc.) and the usual Juicy Lucy and her Triangular Monster sites.

However, two or three years ago, I got emails and a couple of phone calls from an authentic sounding Russki who claimed that, for a mere 10,000 Euro, he could stop all spam posts to the site. I told him to bugger off back to the Steppes and then we had a couple of months of very heavy spamming, but it soon returned to the more usual 10-15 a day.

The weird thing is that we get very little on Saturdays and Sundays: it's as though the spammers work a regular 9-5, Mon-Fri job!

Posted: **Thu Dec 16, 2010 11:19 pm**

I guess it's like the Nigerian scam email thing. It only takes one sucker to take the bait, go over there and invest in sweet f.a. to make it worth thier while.

Cheers.

Al

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