Spam Attack

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Bear with me here, people... we have had at least 50 attempts at entry into the MLU Forum by overt spammers in the last three days alone, with a dozen more last night while I slept. I'm going to leave their IDs up for a while in the hopes that they'll realise that they can't post without being approved and that they're not going to get approved.

What you have to do is ensure you do NOT click on ANY of the links found in their profiles, because the source of those links can be traced back to us, which will encourage them to redouble their efforts.

In the interim, this morning I'm going to start the ball rolling about upgrading this operation to hopefully eradicate them semi-permanently. So far we've been lucky in that they can't get here, but sooner or later someone is going to figure it out and find a way. We need to be even more secure than we are now, by then.

Rest assured we ARE aware of which "new member" is a spammer and which is not, regardless of name, and you needn't click on their filth to verify and give me a heads up, ok? If in doubt, ignore them or question me directly before following their links.

Thanks for your understanding and assistance in these trying times! We'll get the bastards yet!

Geoff