Paulito Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Hello all I know this has been asked before but is anything being done to alleviate the amount of spam these forums are getting. Already, this morning, I have had over 50 spam emails arrive in my email box. I appretiate that I follow a few of the English forums, to learn and occassionally reply to a topic so my inbox may be busier than others. Of course the easiest thing to do is mark these emails as spam but 24 hours after I do this then all forum emails go to my spam box. Again, I appreciate, that because of this forums great popularity in answering/helping members it has become a breeding ground for spammers. The forum has many moderators in the English forum, who are able to, and do, delete spam but their seems to be a time difference problem. I am UK based and, because of this, in between Italy, Poland and the America's where the majority of forum moderators reside. Perhaps it would be good to have a French, the home of Prestashop, moderator to take up the loophole in the time difference. I have seen a lot of topics by UK shop owners so perhaps they will agree with me, or am I barking up the wrong tree. Anyway, I would as always, appreciate your views/ opinions/thoughts Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestaHeroes USA Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I've been informed that it's being addressed with forum upgrade and custom code by ps team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulito Posted August 15, 2014 Author Share Posted August 15, 2014 Hello El Without giving secrets away any idea how this is trying to be resolved Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dh42 Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Are they personal message spamming you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulito Posted August 15, 2014 Author Share Posted August 15, 2014 Hello dh42 And thank you for the reply their is no personal spamming but it is so annoying if you follow any forum/s that you get inundated with spam Perhaps because I follow seveval English forums I may receive more spam than others. I am sure at one time their were spam moderators, I assume these have left the forum because I am getting, and others all these emails. Of course, if you think I am the only one suffering from these emails then I would appreciate your help. Anyway, I believe this us a global problem with Prestashop and any other popular forum. The reason I posted this topic was to inform and share the fact the Prestashop forum has too many spammers and, although their may not be a quick fix, the possibility of having a moderator in the UK time zone may capture these spammers. This is why I suggested France as a good place for a UK spam detective. Hope this makes sense Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dh42 Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 It does have a lot of spammers, I banned around 25 of them last night. They tend to hit the forums after about 10pm my time and go until about 2am I have noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dioniz Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I'm banning approx 10 in the morning 7am - 10am CET when i'm here. But Paulito get spam in the moment they make a post i guess so us banning them doesn't help much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulito Posted August 15, 2014 Author Share Posted August 15, 2014 Hello Worst time for me is, as anywhere else, the early hours of the morning when normal people are asleep. I know this is a difficult one to crack but, you would think, with the all the clever people on the forum their would be some way to minimise this problem. I am not clever enough to offer a solution but, perhaps, some other members may have an idea. If I am allowed I will report my daily spammers on this thread so everyone knows how big a nuisance this is. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulito Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 Hello everyone From 6 am to 9.15 am UK time this morning I have had 71 Spam emails Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulito Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 Hello again This morning I have received 472 (and rising) Spam forum emails, is anyone near to a solution to stop this happening, i have already changed my forum email address so they are not filling up my normal account. It is becoming a real pain deleting them all Pail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vekia Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 hello from one user account? can you report this account? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulito Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 Hello Vekia If you go to the "Todays top posters" link you will see who they are from. All those that joined the forum this morning Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulito Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 Hello again It certainly seems that these spammers are not appearing on the forums. So Prestashop must have put in place some sort of "anti spamming" code/software, how I do not know but, I am still receiving spam in my in box. If I click on a spam message I get a "you don't have permission to" etc etc I assume I am not alone at receiving this spam, followers of forums and moderators must be receiving these emails/notifications as I do. If you are not receiving these spam emails could you please let me know. Any help is always appreciated Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dioniz Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I'm not receiving any spam from this forum but i have email notifications turned off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gracenote Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 This week I've been doing all-nighters to get my web site up, so I've been frequenting the forums when most people here in the U.S. are asleep. It is while people on my side of the world are normally asleep that I have notice SEVERAL threads started by spammers show up on the forums. Is there a way to mark the spam threads as spam? I wanted to do that, but I didn't know how. Or is this only something that can be done by moderators? If there is a way I can mark threads as spam, let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestaHeroes USA Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 This week I've been doing all-nighters to get my web site up, so I've been frequenting the forums when most people here in the U.S. are asleep. It is while people on my side of the world are normally asleep that I have notice SEVERAL threads started by spammers show up on the forums. Is there a way to mark the spam threads as spam? I wanted to do that, but I didn't know how. Or is this only something that can be done by moderators? If there is a way I can mark threads as spam, let me know. at the bottom left of posts, is a 'Report' link. thanks for helping. note: ps forum managment tells us a new forum (or upgrade) is coming and should help with spam. fingers crossed as we spend a lot of time doing it manually. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gracenote Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Thanks El Patron! Aha, I see the "Report" link. It was right in front of me all this time! So glad to hear there is something in the works to resolve this problem. In the meantime, I'll be doing what I can to help if I see any spam. I really value being a part of this forum. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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