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Network creators, please stop these spammers
My in box is full of these spam messages today. Even though it is happening again & again, network creators don't have a clue how to stop them.
I have stopped the people who send these messages at least four times from joining my network Art Lab. This is how I do it:
I approve the members on my network. As I get these spam messages from several networks, I try to remember the names, photos & places these people live in. Remember , most of these messages are originating from North America & New York! So as soon as I see these names & photos I look for the places of their residence. If they are from New York, I try to see if they have artist friends. If they don't have any friends from art world, I try to get their information on Google. This will definitely lead me to the spamming messages they are sending on different networks. I don't approve these people. It is as simple as that.
Also, the answers of these spammers to the profile questions will always be "Later" Or "Tell you Later"
On various networks I saw members asking these people who spam to go away by adding comments. But that is not the right procedure to stop these people.
I inform the network creators immediately about these messages asking them to take action.
I ask the members of my network too to inform me immediately if they find any spam messages on their pages. Banning them, if you can't stop them from entering your network, is the only solution to stop them.
Network creators, Please try to stop these people from joining your networks by following these simple procedures. I don't want to waste my time on 10 - 30 useless messages daily.
I have stopped the people who send these messages at least four times from joining my network Art Lab. This is how I do it:
I approve the members on my network. As I get these spam messages from several networks, I try to remember the names, photos & places these people live in. Remember , most of these messages are originating from North America & New York! So as soon as I see these names & photos I look for the places of their residence. If they are from New York, I try to see if they have artist friends. If they don't have any friends from art world, I try to get their information on Google. This will definitely lead me to the spamming messages they are sending on different networks. I don't approve these people. It is as simple as that.
Also, the answers of these spammers to the profile questions will always be "Later" Or "Tell you Later"
On various networks I saw members asking these people who spam to go away by adding comments. But that is not the right procedure to stop these people.
I inform the network creators immediately about these messages asking them to take action.
I ask the members of my network too to inform me immediately if they find any spam messages on their pages. Banning them, if you can't stop them from entering your network, is the only solution to stop them.
Network creators, Please try to stop these people from joining your networks by following these simple procedures. I don't want to waste my time on 10 - 30 useless messages daily.
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Permalink Reply by Des Howell on
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I use a free program called Mailwasher. It is far from infallible but helps. It collects the incoming mail, attempts to recognise suspect ones and marks some as on the "origin blacklist" . You can take a look at part of the contents without opening them in your own browser and leaving yourself open to viruses.
Once you note people as "friends" or place them on the "blacklist', the program keeps track of this and you do not have to depend entirely on your memory or tracking them down again to check. It might be worthwhile for you to think about using a program like this.
If you forget to check Mailwasher just before clicking on "send and recieve", it is possible for new mail to go directly to your browser. I have set mine to open mail only when I "double click". It is not much but it sometimes helps avoiding opening ones you should not open.
Australia also has a government sponsored program which provides an "add-on" to your browser so you can notify the experts in the appropriate government department about suspect emails.
Des
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Permalink Reply by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on
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Thanks for the reply. But I am getting these messages as comments on my pages on various networks. I am a member of about 500 networks. I got messages from about 200 networks saying that some people
added comments on my profile pages. When I visited these sites to see who commented, one person probably an adult network creator is adding links to his/her site. He/she is joining all ning networks & spamming by sending messages inviting all the members to her/his site. Yesterday whole day I wasted my time by bringing this to the notices of all those network creators. Some network creators don't even know what this spamming is all about. I kept explaining them over & over again how to deal with these people.
Filters can't help here because you won't get original messages. You will only get alerts.
Krishna
Des Howell said:I use a free program called Mailwasher. It is far from infallible but helps. It collects the incoming mail, attempts to recognise suspect ones and marks some as on the "origin blacklist" . You can take a look at part of the contents without opening them in your own browser and leaving yourself open to viruses.
Once you note people as "friends" or place them on the "blacklist', the program keeps track of this and you do not have to depend entirely on your memory or tracking them down again to check. It might be worthwhile for you to think about using a program like this.
If you forget to check Mailwasher just before clicking on "send and recieve", it is possible for new mail to go directly to your browser. I have set mine to open mail only when I "double click". It is not much but it sometimes helps avoiding opening ones you should not open.
Australia also has a government sponsored program which provides an "add-on" to your browser so you can notify the experts in the appropriate government department about suspect emails.
Des
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