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Ian A-H  
#1 Posted : 05 September 2015 07:10:16(UTC)
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Ian A-H
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Moderator 2  
#2 Posted : 05 September 2015 07:12:29(UTC)
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Moderator 2
We know. 258 spam messages duly deleted.

Edited by user 05 September 2015 08:32:58(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified
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Kate  
#3 Posted : 06 September 2015 15:54:46(UTC)
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Kate
Thankyou mods.
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Moderator 2  
#4 Posted : 06 September 2015 16:00:54(UTC)
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Moderator 2
We are up to 1030 spam posts this week now. We're exhausted!
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Ian A-H  
#5 Posted : 06 September 2015 20:09:16(UTC)
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Ian A-H
Yes, thank you - you give up a lot of your own time to keep our forums running smoothly. The last thing you needed was a ruined weekend.
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David Bannister  
#6 Posted : 07 September 2015 16:33:20(UTC)
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David Bannister
I never noticed anything out of the ordinary - just shows what a great job the Mods are doing. Thank you.
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Animax01  
#7 Posted : 08 September 2015 12:57:56(UTC)
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Animax01
David Bannister wrote:
I never noticed anything out of the ordinary - just shows what a great job the Mods are doing. Thank you.[/quote

Hear, hear!
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walker  
#8 Posted : 08 September 2015 14:05:30(UTC)
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walker
Well done Mods.....................but don't we have paid staff to look after that?
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Moderator 2  
#9 Posted : 08 September 2015 14:57:16(UTC)
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Moderator 2
Unfortunately the attacks have almost all been between midnight and 8am.

Luckily I woke up around 2am today and nipped two lots in the bud (we had 8 separate attacks in the last 24 hours). IOSH staff are not in the office at that time.

At 2am the spammers were still able to post at one minute intervals, and there were two working together, so you can imagine what a task can face you by 8am.

They dealt with the one that started in office hours.

we are up to 1991 deleted posts now.

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safetyamateur  
#10 Posted : 09 September 2015 08:44:29(UTC)
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safetyamateur
Has to be the work of the British Safety Council.

Will you be sending in ground troops?
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chris42  
#11 Posted : 09 September 2015 09:21:23(UTC)
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chris42
On Sunday I logged in and there was 20 pages of posts in Chinese lettering, before you got to normal posts.

Well done Mods, very efficient.
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boblewis  
#12 Posted : 09 September 2015 10:00:42(UTC)
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boblewis
I see our friends are back again for another go!!! Perhaps it is toooooo easy to join?
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