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Microstock Photography Forum - General => Site Related => Topic started by: leaf on January 06, 2019, 09:19

Title: Spam attack
Post by: leaf on January 06, 2019, 09:19

Hi guys. Sorry for all the spam this morning. I think I've got things under controlagain. Thanks to everyone who reported the spam.

Title: Re: Spam attack
Post by: ShadySue on January 06, 2019, 09:23

Thanks for sorting it out!

Title: Re: Spam attack
Post by: marthamarks on January 06, 2019, 10:11

I was here last night as the dozens of spam messages were coming in. Gazooks!

Truly sorry you had/have to deal with that.

Title: Re: Spam attack
Post by: cobalt on January 06, 2019, 12:11

Thank you!. I tried to move them, but they were posting new ones, faster than I could move them to garbage.

Glad they are gone.

Title: Re: Spam attack
Post by: cathyslife on January 06, 2019, 14:17

Yes, I moved a few to the garbage, but gave up when I saw there were a ton and notified Leaf. But it looks like the forum is messed up...I only see a few topics.

Title: Re: Spam attack
Post by: trek on January 06, 2019, 16:22

Thanks Leaf.  Love this site.  I've learned a lot here... in the last 9 years or so. 

Title: Re: Spam attack
Post by: Sean Locke Photography on January 06, 2019, 17:51

I don't understand the whole "essay" spam thing anyways and why they come here.  Weird.

Title: Re: Spam attack
Post by: marthamarks on January 06, 2019, 20:00

Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on January 06, 2019, 17:51

I don't understand the whole "essay" spam thing anyways and why they come here.  Weird.

They all had the same message graphic, even though there were some 8-10 different names on the posters. Yep, truly weird.

Title: Re: Spam attack
Post by: marthamarks on January 06, 2019, 20:04

Quote from: cathyslife on January 06, 2019, 14:17

Yes, I moved a few to the garbage, but gave up when I saw there were a ton and notified Leaf. But it looks like the forum is messed up...I only see a few topics.

One thread that disappeared was about Adobe's goofy contributor dashboard. I was hoping to get some response to my post there from Mat so may need to start that thread over, if it's permanently gone.

Title: Re: Spam attack
Post by: Sean Locke Photography on January 06, 2019, 20:41

Just go into the individual forum sections.  They just got bumped off the front page by the spam.

Title: Re: Spam attack
Post by: marthamarks on January 06, 2019, 23:06

Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on January 06, 2019, 20:41

Just go into the individual forum sections.  They just got bumped off the front page by the spam.

Thanks for the tip. I just did that and found it.

Hope Adobe can get our dashboards at least functioning as well as they were waaay back in 2018!

Title: Re: Spam attack
Post by: leaf on January 07, 2019, 01:32

Quote from: cathyslife on January 06, 2019, 14:17

Yes, I moved a few to the garbage, but gave up when I saw there were a ton and notified Leaf. But it looks like the forum is messed up...I only see a few topics.

That's because the front page only shows the newest posts from the last 2 days.. but most of the newest posts are deleted so it is now confused...  It will return to normal soon.

Title: Re: Spam attack
Post by: Uncle Pete on January 07, 2019, 13:55

Quote from: leaf on January 07, 2019, 01:32

Quote from: cathyslife on January 06, 2019, 14:17

Yes, I moved a few to the garbage, but gave up when I saw there were a ton and notified Leaf. But it looks like the forum is messed up...I only see a few topics.

That's because the front page only shows the newest posts from the last 2 days.. but most of the newest posts are deleted so it is now confused...  It will return to normal soon.

Please define Normal ?  ;D

Title: Re: Spam attack
Post by: k_t_g on January 07, 2019, 17:22

Typical. People always attack during the vulnerable times such as holidays.  ::)