That's good. Spam-bots are the devil, and whoever created these
things is too...

Vandevere

--- In terryoquinnforum@yahoogroups.com, annicapannika
<no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Hey all. This is just a FYI to let everyone know that I updated
the
> introduction on the start page. We've been getting a bunch of spam
> lately, and even changing the setting to approved membership
didn't
> help, because spammers are sneaky. So I added that new members
> (naturally this won't affect those already accepted) have to
answer
> a couple of questions so that we know they're real people. Of
> course, this isn't foolproof, as some spammers seem to be regular
> people, but hopefully it will weed out a few of them.
>
> Anyway, I'll copy-paste the new message below, if anyone's
> interested.
>
> Thank you for your time. :)
>
> /one of your mods
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ATTENTION NEW MEMBERS!
>
> Due to the increasing amount of spam messages we've had lately,
> we've decided to jump on the Approved Membership wagon.
>
> To weed out the sneaky spambots, we ask you to answer these two
> questions when you apply (so that we know you're a real person):
>
> 1. How did you find this group?
> 2. What is your favorite TOQ role?
>
> If you don't answer these questions, we will assume that you're a
> spam robot and your membership request will be denied!
>
> As for this forum... Don't be rude or crude, and respect others'
> opinions. Behave. We're trying to maintain a friendly community,
and
> while friendly discussions, debates and praise are very welcome,
> flaming and trolling isn't.
> Rant, rave, have fun!
>
> Please note: We have absolutely NO connection to Mr. O'Quinn, his
> family,
> friends, or any of his representatives. We're just avid fans.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>