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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Good morning Folks , as you will note we are once again inundated with spam . I have spent the best part of an hour if not more shifting them as quick as I can , so hard I d deleted and banned four full pages of the rubbish . Sorry for the inconvenience and time it’s taking to clear, they have better IT this I do and can posts many in seconds , I have to remove each one individually as do my fellow moderators.

Alan Bickley

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I’ve already dispatched a good number this morning Paul, I see another batch has descended on us, so I’ll get zapping again!

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I certainly will , I have lost count of the number I had removed so far this morning.

Alan Bickley

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Notice to members… don’t bother reporting them on this occasion, Paul and I are well aware of them and are actively working on the issue!
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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Just knocked out another lot... we may be cutting across each other though, so I'll step back!

Alan Bickley

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The more hands the better! Because I can’t spend too much longer on this, I’ve got work to do, deadlines to meet and I’m way behind!
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I think we had cleared out the backlog for now , it’s the worst we have had for some time .
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Gary Martin

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Thanks for taking the time to sort through them - it was very odd to check the forum this morning to offers of counterfeit money, seriously who would actually contact them 🤷
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Mark Taylor

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Hi Moderators, Thank you so much for removing the spam posts! It looks like the spammers have started creating new topics with their spam messages as the titles. I've already removed over a hundred of these this morning. Could you please keep an eye out for these spam topics and remove them as well? Thanks for all your hard work!

Alan Bickley

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Only moderators can delete spam! There are four of us, so I’m puzzled at how you could have deleted over a hundred, because you aren’t a moderator!
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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Is Mr Taylor part of tech support?  
With Sarah, Phil, Ellen, Rose the dentist, and the granddaughter whose name I forget.

Robert Jones, Napa

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I've just checked Mark's profile, and he is indeed a computer technician working for Warners, the company which owns the site - so it's a gracious word of thanks from someone who is also keeping a beady eye on the website: in whose praise we moderators can bask!
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