SPAMMERS

[Sherry]

Just a few things you should know if a spammer comes on these boards again. First, they cannot access your email address, they can only send you an email via your member page which links back to the board and not to your actual email address, or you may recieve an alert if they leave a comment on your page. I just want to make sure everyone knows their email addresses are safeguarded here, and not accessible.

In the case of the one we had today, they blitz the member pages with comments and a web link which may be for anything, but generally is something less than desirable. I can't totally keep them from coming on the page unless I make it totally private, and I hesitate to do that as I prefer keeping this an open community where we can continue to meet other people in this area that - but that may be an option if this gets to be a chronic problem.

Please let me know if you get emails that seem to indicate this kind of activity and I will follow up on them immediately.



At any rate - they will not be tolerated and I can kick them off

[Ranier]

To keep them off the boards, wouldn't the only thing necessary be requiring new board members' accounts be manually activated? Or is NING different?

[Sherry]

It's a little different, at most these guys are a nuisance, they really can't do any harm to the site. That's part of why I love this platform!