I tried replying to your IM but you had already signed off by the time I got to my computer. The mod team is well aware of the problem, but unfortunately, the more we grow, the more we get onto the radar of all of the big spammers out there.

The following is what we've already done to help the problem:

• We do IP bans of all of the big spammers but it's near impossible because they all use proxies.
• It's required to validate your email address before you can post.
• If a new member registers and then their welcome email bounces, they're permabanned.
• Many of our moderators have volunteered to help curtail spam in forums they typically don't visit (such as the IT Water Cooler).

sorry i signed off but it was like 12:00

It's 3 am right now but I couldn't sleep so I just got out of bed to get a last dose of DaniWeb before I start counting sheep again.

i was already in my bed. was posting from my PDA lol

From my observations it doesn't look like spam and porn stay up on DaniWeb very long -- there are now a lot of moderators from all over the world (timezones) who can delete those posts within the hour or less.

Spam is becoming a BIG ISSUE on many sites lately....

I think it would be a good idea to start filtering all posts on users that have less than 10 posts..

If I may quote happygeek's blog entry:
http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1056.html


Someone should just go and arrest those guys...

they did. Did you hear about the massive raid in britain a month or 2 ago?

Then why is it still happening?