Ok, I find it there. But that does not justify a user as spammer, it is
just a list with no links to proofs.
I’m not saying he isn’t - but that link is no proof, unless somebody
explains it a bit more.
phanisvara did explain it properly, quoting a response from DenverD, but
his post did not reach me.
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Forum spammers seem to use all sorts of different methods these days,
we have some too, a single post with a name to a windows based program
which has no real use for a linux user, users google it so it goes up
the hit list for them.
Bottom line, it’s commercial (See T&C’s), it’s windows software, does it
really belong on our forum…
Carlos E. R. wrote:
> phanisvara did explain it properly, quoting a response from DenverD, but
> his post did not reach me.
Carlos, you are correct there is no proof positive that the post in
question was SPAM, but (as they say in TV court cases) the
preponderance of the evidence leaves little room for a reasonable
doubt that it was not spam:
first time poster
introduced a Windows only program as a fix to OP’s Linux problem
google search showed identically worded posts in hundreds of other
computer fora spread over many many months
posters IP already identified as that of a forum spammer
what else would you need to believe it is/was SPAM?
dd
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DenverD
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Facebook. For example, I speak Sarcasm, fluently spoken and written,
and Various Forms of Geek…
i said it was SPAM, which should be enough for anyone!
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DenverD
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I feel annoyed that I can’t put my wide range of languages on stupid
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and Various Forms of Geek…
On 2010-12-16 16:27, DenverD wrote:
> Carlos E. R. wrote:
>> phanisvara did explain it properly, quoting a response from DenverD, but
>> his post did not reach me.
>
> Carlos, you are correct there is no proof positive that the post in
> question was SPAM, but (as they say in TV court cases) the
> preponderance of the evidence leaves little room for a reasonable
> doubt that it was not spam:
But a web page (http://www.stopforumspam.com/search) that lists addresses
and IPs used for spam should offer proof. They say they list them as a help
to forum admins to, perhaps automatically, block them. I think they should
give some information about why they are listed.
Similar sites for mail spam do have that information and a method to refute
the listing - when they are reliable.
> 1. first time poster
> 2. introduced a Windows only program as a fix to OP’s Linux problem
> 3. google search showed identically worded posts in hundreds of other
> computer fora spread over many many months
> 4. posters IP already identified as that of a forum spammer
>
> what else would you need to believe it is/was SPAM?
All that is true, but it was said after I asked. You only said “spam!”
without explanation. So I asked: to me, without more information, it simply
seemed a “misguided offer for help”.
Apparently, you did explain it, but your explanation didn’t reach me - no
idea why.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)
Carlos E. R. wrote:
> But a web page (http://www.stopforumspam.com/search) that lists addresses
> and IPs used for spam should offer proof. They say they list them as a help
> to forum admins to, perhaps automatically, block them. I think they should
> give some information about why they are listed.
i guess you could tell them that…
> Apparently, you did explain it, but your explanation didn’t reach me - no
> idea why.
i also have no idea why…except maybe it was deleted before you tried
to fetch it…
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DenverD
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I feel annoyed that I can’t put my wide range of languages on stupid
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and Various Forms of Geek…
