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admin8
04-23-2010, 10:05 AM
It seems allot of you are getting spammed via your private messages. please do not open these messages and def do not click on the link.This is spam.

the subject reads something like "
Default Important message from the forum administration!"

yes it seems that this has happened before - if you take a look at this post.

http://www.dramirez.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=367

i am looking into a way of restricting that kind of spamming. I know on some other boards they have a system in which you can only send PMs if you have X amount of posts. Allot of spammers find a way around that though.

We could explicitly turn PM off?

As always, the message is the same as it would be for your personal e-mails: Don't click on links or attachments from someone you don't know. Even if it's someone you DO know, think twice about it if you weren't expecting the message.

scottb
04-23-2010, 04:34 PM
I found this bit of info that may help you combat the PM spamming problem. It allows you to restrict a PM to only one person at a time making it a nightmare for spammers. Other stuff as well about permissions.

http://bobschwarz.com/combatting-vbulletin-forum-post-and-pm-spam

Other than that all i can think of is filtering links out of PM's.

hope it helps

admin8
04-26-2010, 11:07 AM
great thanks for that scottb - ill have a look at that and make the necessary changes.