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AWAITING MEMBERSHIP ACTIVATION OR ACCIDENTALLY BANNED?-----PLEASE READ-----------

G'day All,----- Sorry for putting this in here but I thought it was the most likely place for most people to see it, and it seems that some may still not be reading the "sticky notes" posted at the top of the major forums.-----

If you are waiting to have you membership at Zone Five activated or if you have found your account has been banned accidentally;-----

We have a problem with large numbers of spammers trying to access the site using bogus registrations, and we are taking measures to try and ensure that only valid members are allowed access.-----

In order to help us with this, it would be greatly appreciated if you could include some relevant information, of your own choice, in the personal details section of your profile. This will help us confirm and activate your membership as soon as possible.-----You can delete it as soon as we have activated your membership if you have any privacy concerns. We are only interested in trying to differentiate legitimate members from possible spammers/ bogus accounts. We're not asking for anything you are not comfortable to provide, or anything particularly sensitive. There must be something simple that you can add that would just illustrate that you are a genuine member and not a spammer? We can't say what to add because the spammers could just read this and find another way through. It's not so much about what you add or about "vetting" members (We probably spend less than a second looking at it), but purely an effort to keep out unwanted spammers. Nothing else.-----

Without this information, there is a VERY good chance your account will not be approved.

This request has been mentioned in the main forums as well. http://www.zone-five.net/showthread.php?t=6934 -----

And you can see some of the reasons why we are taking these measures in this thread. http://www.zone-five.net/showthread.php?t=6864 -----

If, after TWO WEEKS, you still haven't added any info, your account WILL be deleted as a suspected spammer.-----

We are very sorry for the inconvenience and delays but we hope that it helps make for a better time for those who use the forums legitimately.-----

Thank you very much for your help in this matter.-----

If you are unsure of how to add the information or wish to contact me directly about this, please use Zone5email(at)gmail(dot)com -----

Cheers, Motty.

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Unread January 14th, 2010, 11:41 AM
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Isnīt there any way to stop them from getting an account. The last 5 msg in my inbox over the weekend was from spammers. Annoying!
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Isnīt there any way to stop them from getting an account. The last 5 msg in my inbox over the weekend was from spammers. Annoying!
I'm sure there is. Just that we, as an admin group, have not found a solution as of yet....but we're working on it.
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I'm sure there is. Just that we, as an admin group, have not found a solution as of yet....but we're working on it.
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I'm reluctant to post on this forum because of all the SPAM I get as the result of joining it. Every private message I've recieved from Zone 5 is SPAM. This has NEVER happened on ARC or HS. If this doesn't stop--and soon--I'll just withdraw completely. This is ridiculous and totally unnecessary.

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I've just tried making some adjustments to the group of members awaiting moderation so that (I think) they won't be able to send PMs anymore.

Please let me know if anyone does recieve any new spam PMs though.

Cheers,
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I have to agree, that this is getting kind of rediculous. I have had 5 spam mails in the last week.

Is there any way we can put in a test question that the person has to answer before the request for membership is sent for review?

Q: Who is the only injection mold manufacturer for the 1/48 B-29?

A: Duh......

Q: What type of plastic is used to make models?

A: Styrene

Etc. etc. etc..

If they cant get the question right, the request doesnt go through to the admin.

Add to the spammer list...

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I'm reluctant to post on this forum because of all the SPAM I get as the result of joining it. Every private message I've recieved from Zone 5 is SPAM. This has NEVER happened on ARC or HS. If this doesn't stop--and soon--I'll just withdraw completely. This is ridiculous and totally unnecessary.

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Kessartiare
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yanniick529
jeremiaa814
Opettebem

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Is it just me or for the most part does it seem to be the same group of members with a few exceptions getting SPAM???... I have been here since the beginning and I never get any SPAM....I mean none, zip, nada, zilch...I wonder why???
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[quote=Mr Vark;71371]I'm reluctant to post on this forum because of all the SPAM I get as the result of joining it. Every private message I've recieved from Zone 5 is SPAM. This has NEVER happened on ARC or HS. If this doesn't stop--and soon--I'll just withdraw completely. This is ridiculous and totally unnecessary.

If you are concerned about spammers having your email address, please be aware that any emails you get to your home computer are messages generated by the Zone-Five forum to let you know about any PMs you have received here. They are not direct from the spammers so your email addresses have not been compromised.

Obviously any unwanted messages are annoying but we hope that tweaks and adjustments we are trying may help reduce (or stop) the problem.

In that vein, has anyone received any spam PMs in the last week?

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We're looking at a test question as a possible solution. Hopefully the tweaks that Motty made will cut down the PM spam.

Please understand though that we are working on a solution and we appreciate everyone's patience as we want to find the right solution so we don't have to keep coming back to this issue and having to find another fix.

In the meantime, if you do get a spam PM, please post the username here and we'll take care of them. Best option....do not open the PM, just delete it. I know it's annoying as hell, but again, we're working on a fix.
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As we speak, I'm readying the new board software to take over the version we're on right now. It has more adaptable spam filters than the current, so this should end the issue when launched.

Until then, I am personally verifying all new user registrations.
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I had a bunch dating back to Dec.17 (I don't check that email account or log in to the site enough apparently). Same bunch of usernames the others reported, but nothing since Jan.14. Looks like this is my first post here, how about that.
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No, nothing in the last week to 10 days.

Nice work.
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We have incoming... usmcgecos is being stupid... Please nuke this wonderful person... Naaa Eff him up!!!!

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