Wow! Lotsa Trolls here today!

[Charlie]

Sadly, they do it because SPAM works. It's simply a numbers game. It seems 0.1% to 0.2% of people respond to SPAM, even here. There's an interesting article on the subject:
Why SPAM works

[rsocor01]

Sadly, they do it because SPAM works. It's simply a numbers game. It seems 0.1% to 0.2% of people respond to SPAM, even here. There's an interesting article on the subject:
Why SPAM works

Interesting article. However, some kind of filtering should be put in place in this forum. Like for example, first time posters should need to be approved by a moderator.

[Ioannis]

For two days I am banning a lot of new users or bot users.

They do register with a blasting rate... I can't follow them. Have sent to Lester a PM to see if there is a back door wide open.

It is getting really annoying.

Ioannis

[Demon]

I don't remember, do new members have to confirm by email?

Also, does the forum application have the garbled text that you have to type in?

Robert

[Ioannis]

I think not. And seems that all this crap is done automatic. A script or something is doing it...

Ioannis

[rmteo]

If you think this is bad, take a look at the Microchip Forums - 100+ spam posts daily for months now.

[Jerson]

The crypt has opened. I've zapped quite a few with random names. Definitely script puppies