Spam in your PM box

[VaBeachGuy 12]

I've been informed of people sending spam through the PM system. If you get any advertisements in your PM box where people are advertising their website or forum please forward it to me or one of the other Admins or Mods.

 

It's bad enough that we all have to put up with Spam in our email boxes but we shouldn't have to put up with it in our PM boxes also.

[KIMIMELA 1]

I've had a few of mobile phone adverts. They're on TV, in my E-mail and now in my PMs. :)

Edited October 22, 2005 by xXTrekkieCaraXx

[VaBeachGuy 12]

I've had a few of mobile phone adverts. They're on TV, in my E-mail and now in my PMs.  :)

359392[/snapback]

Forward them to me.

[KIMIMELA 1]

I've had a few of mobile phone adverts. They're on TV, in my E-mail and now in my PMs. 

359392[/snapback]

Forward them to me.

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I will do if I get them again but I've deleted them :)

[LordOfTheBorg 1]

I've never got any spam...

[Capt_Picard 0]

I have been spammed many times, but I have deleted all the PMs. But, if it happens again I'll get get you faster then Worf saying, "Today is a good day to die."

Edited October 22, 2005 by Capt_Picard

[BakulaBabe 2]

Dumb qustion - is it now forbidden to send "PM invites" to other forums?

 

I get invites to forums on rare occasions, but I don't mind, because I like checking out different kinds of boards and forums. If it gets to be a problem I'll definitely report it. If members advertise with sig links, it shouldn't be neccesary for them to send PM's to advertise. But that's just me.

 

I probably won't join any more boards because I belong to several already.

 

I'm glad that the Mods are willing to deal with Spam, since it can be a big problem. :)

[VaBeachGuy 12]

It's forbidden to Spam.

 

There is a section of the forum for inviting people to other forums though.

[sea trooper 0]

No spam for me. Spammers fear me. They'd know better than to even consider PMing me

[BakulaBabe 2]

Thanks fo the clarification VBG! I'll take the information to the other boards I belong to, since a couple of them want us to "recruit". :)

Edited October 22, 2005 by BakulaBabe

[VaBeachGuy 12]

Thanks fo the clarification VBG! I'll take the information to the other boards I belong to, since a couple of them want us to "recruit".  :)

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You can post a link in the Links section and put out a general Invite, that's why that section is there but don't spam people's PM boxes. I've gotten several complaints about that kind of thing.

[ARMS 0]

I feel i must admit and apologise as i know i have done this a few times, to a small number over time, even though i highly doubt i'm the primary person(s), that led to this topic, i'm sorry anyway :)

 

later, ARMS

[Itchygomba69 0]

I have recieved some and deleted them, but for now on I will inform the Mods cause it annoys me

[Dark Reality 0]

Will do and have done...

 

And I don't mean to speak for board policy, but as I run a forum running the same software, the admins do have the ability to disable PMs on a user-by-user basis. You can actually disable your own PMs (you can't send or receive) but the mods can set it so you can turn it back on, or so you can't. Like I said, I don't speak for board policy, so I'm not trying to say that's what VBG et al will do... it's just within their abilities. On my side, if someone were spamming via PM, I'd invoke that method. :biggrin: There's a certain unwritten, very unofficial forum ettiquette which exists online, and in most cases, you can drop a link in your signature, or post in an "other sites" area if one is made available... but you don't spam via PMs. That's not kosher.

[Mike 5]

You can post a link in the Links section and put out a general Invite, that's why that section is there but don't spam people's PM boxes. I've gotten several complaints about that kind of thing.

 

I still don't see why this is considered Spam. I've only done it one time and to a person I thought was a friend..I won't do it again if you all have a problem with it..

:)

[VaBeachGuy 12]

You can post a link in the Links section and put out a general Invite, that's why that section is there but don't spam people's PM boxes. I've gotten several complaints about that kind of thing.

 

I still don't see why this is considered Spam. I've only done it one time and to a person I thought was a friend..I won't do it again if you all have a problem with it..

:)

It wouldn't be considered 'spam' if you are sending something to a friend, the complaints that I had gotten were from people that were just randomly sent PMs from people that they didn't know just out of the blue.

[KIMIMELA 1]

I've had random crap sent to my PM box Kevin- in fact the member displays this "---" and I get this link:

 

http://uk.celldorado.com/UK/ADS/9543271/in...9425C1517713000

 

Silent ringtone *@!?

[youbroughtheryouRiker 2]

run a virus and adware scan, Cara. Good chance you may have become infected from this.

[KIMIMELA 1]

I've got "avast!" it scans every website I visit, every e-mail, PM. It deletes it then lets me know that I had a virus etc after

[A l t e r E g o 9]

I've been informed of people sending spam through the PM system. If you get any advertisements in your PM box where people are advertising their website or forum please forward it to me or one of the other Admins or Mods.

 

It's bad enough that we all have to put up with Spam in our email boxes but we shouldn't have to put up with it in our PM boxes also.

 

Apparently this is still going on.

[VaBeachGuy 12]

I've been informed of people sending spam through the PM system. If you get any advertisements in your PM box where people are advertising their website or forum please forward it to me or one of the other Admins or Mods.

 

It's bad enough that we all have to put up with Spam in our email boxes but we shouldn't have to put up with it in our PM boxes also.

 

Apparently this is still going on.

From who? PM me the name and fwd me the PM if you still have it.