Please be aware new members must post 10 to 15 posts before posting or quoting any (approved by posting policy) links/emails or you may be thrown in to the spam filter. If you are thrown into the spam filter your member status will read BANNED. Please email board@Georgejones.com for assistance...but please try to avoid this.
Now I am going to give you guys a little course of spam on webboards...Spam 101!
1) Most spam is NOT a human. Most spam is a computer sending out information. So there is no point in messaging that username or posting a response - since no one will get the 411. Although we take steps to stop it..as of now there is no way of stopping all spam. That is unless of course we go to every post being approved before it hits the board (my guess is you guys would not like that. )
2) Simply seeing a spam post nor getting a spam PM will not do anything to your computer. You would have to click on a link they give you for anything to happen to your computer. So what is the number 1 rule of spam --IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHO SENT YOU THE PM (OR POSTED THE MESSAGE -- DO NOT CLICK ON IT!
3) You have the ability to block members on the message board. In your my controls section you can enter the name of the user who is bothering you and block them. Please feel free to use that feature.
4) 99.9% of the spam that hits the board you never see. Sometimes some gets through. Ranting and raving about how appalled you are at what was posted only draws further attention to it. Please just Report and Ignore and it will be removed as soon as humanly possible and that poster will be banned. If you get a spam pm please just send me the username of the member who sent it to you. At this time that is the best we can do.
I hope that this information helps a little. Thanks to everyone for forwarding on their pm's and reporting and ignoring on the board! Thank you for keeping Possum Tracks something George can be proud of!
Thanks
AmberJ
ps...please try and remember that just because there is spam on the board does not mean it is ok to break other policies. If you are not sure what they are please make sure to review them and alter any policy you are currently breaking!
<3AmberJ