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With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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In response to a point - normally, I do remove the whole topic if a spammer created it, but at times of high traffic I miss a few.  I think I've knocked 'em all on the head now, but by all means advise of any you find that I've overlooked - I think POL staff remove the whole topic as well when they deal with this stuff.  Thanks again for the cooperation.  

Colin Berwick

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Colin Berwick

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So far this morning (Sat 16 Jan 07:30) I have flagged half a dozen, very verbose, spam posts from a new member. There are more, as the poster appears to have made 8 posts. It is difficult to keep track as the forum doesn't indicate which have been reported. I will flag as many as I can find. Robert, If I double report, please excuse me.  When garbage such as these posts flood the forum, it makes it difficult to find genuine new posts. I do think there is a growing need for new member applications to be screened and approved by admin before they can post. 

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Sylvia Evans

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I think you are right Colin.  This lot today are over the top. 

Tessa Gwynne

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I agree and it’s so irritating. I usually log in to have a browse most mornings around this time, and to get a sea of nonsense posts is very off-putting. Would it be possible to make it so that a ‘member’ has to post a certain number of works on the gallery ( or be a member for so many months) before being able to use the forum, or would this open the floodgates to abuse of the gallery!?  This is the only forum I use so I don’t know whether others suffer from the same amount of spam, but we do seem to get a lot especially in the last few months.  In the meantime thanks again to Robert for his sterling work, and to those who report the junk.

Bari Marsh

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You will always get someone who will go out of their way to spoil a good thing. I taught mountain craft for the D of E many years ago and we used CB radios to keep in touch with check points ( before mobile phones) people would block the channels with music.  When you have 20/30 children on the hills it could have been life threatening. 
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, NAPA

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I hope I've removed them all, but do report again if I've missed any. I've a feeling they wait until they know a) Dawn isn't at work, b) I've overslept.... 

Sylvia Evans

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Thanks Robert person….appreciated.

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Fatso fingers again….ok double thanks .

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