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skymouse
Sat, 13 Feb 10, 10:39 PM
Due to the increasing amount of spam, I have taken the steps described in the Sticky at the top of this forum.

Users will not be able to do certain things like use private messages or reply to existing threads, until they have first posted a "hello" message, which I then decide is genuine and promote the user to full registered status.

Please note that, due to the changeover, there are several things to be aware of:

1. Everyone who has been registered but never posted a message—regardless of how long they have been a member—has been downgraded to an unverified user, and will have to post a Hello message to become a fully fledged registered member again.

2. Anybody who joined between 10 February and today (13 February) has been downgraded and will have to post a hello message. Sorry. I had to do this because recent registrations include a mixture of genuine people and spammers.

3. Everybody else has been automatically upgraded to a verified user and everything should work as normal for you. However, some spammers that slipped through the net will also still be active, so please understand that it will take a little while until they are all gone.

4. Sometimes I won't see your Hello message straight away, so there may be a delay in you being verified. Sorry.

If anybody has any problem please email directly at
skymouse@skymouse-productions.com (mailto:skymouse@skymouse-productions.com)

Skymouse

skymouse
Sat, 13 Feb 10, 11:51 PM
Please note, several spammers sent out hoax/scam messages about viruses, etc. The following users, and others, have recently been banned. If you received a message from any of these users, please just delete and ignore.

Kurtyman
Hummanic
Curioussgirl
Gafarozzman
Desterman
Razorrman
BestForumTeam

Ger
Sun, 14 Feb 10, 9:48 AM
Very good! The last one that signed up last night (Jordoniuss) is also a spambot. I recognize the way the "about me" info is set and also the ICQ number. I didn't do anything, no infraction. Let's see if the system works and this Jordoniuss is trying to "do" something.

So far so good. It looks like you pissed them off literally :)

Ger.
(Opened - like WT - the possibility again to receive pvt messages)

realaustream
Mon, 15 Feb 10, 7:48 PM
I got the following PM's

Sat, 13 Feb 10 Warning!
7:32 PM Kurtymann
Thu, 11 Feb 10 Hello!
10:58 PM CuurioussGirl
Thu, 11 Feb 10 Be careful!
9:15 PM GafarozzMan
Thu, 11 Feb 10 Hello
3:03 AM Dersterman
Wed, 10 Feb 10 Hello
11:07 PM Dersterman
Wed, 10 Feb 10 Please, take into account..
9:45 AM RazzorrMan


All deleted - only noticed them today :whoops: