On 15 December 2013 14:07, Hagar Delest <hagar.del...@laposte.net> wrote:
> Top posting. > > What I find strange is that with the moderation of the 1st post (that had > to be implemented like for the EN forum for example, this had been agreed > IIRC), no spam is visible until approval of each post (as long as none has > been approved, they all go in the moderation queue without being visible). > Terry left all forums with the same configuration, but I have noted, that later some of the forums have differences (both in config and look&feel). This is something that in my opinions should be avoided. So either the moderation was not yet implemented and that should be changed > ASAP or the first post seemed to be genuine. Since the admin had not logged > in for ages, I guess that the moderation was not implemented. > Or much more likely the user database was not cleared before reopnening the forum, meaning all the old spam accounts was active and accepted. > But if the admin don't even care to login, then users won't post if it > needs more than 2 months to approve a message... > So in both cases, I doubt the forum will survive the end of the year... > Please remember the forum has to be positively closed, otherwise we have a ticking bomb. If spammers succeed in one forum, they will for sure try the others as well. rgds jan I. > > Hagar > > > Le 15/12/2013 13:39, jan i a écrit : > > > On 15 December 2013 13:11, Ricardo Berlasso <rgb.m...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> (top posting) As commented by Floris v here >>> >>> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?p=294923#p294923 >>> >>> the Vietnamese forum is again full of spam and last activity from the new >>> administrator was two months ago. >>> >>> As commented on the thread, if there is no change on this situation the >>> forum will be closed again. >>> >>> +1, for the moment it seems to be solely spam in the form of postings >> (which is bad enough). >> >> A good tip, is to keep an eye on the amount of new users over time. >> Typically spam goes hand in hand with establishing new users, which would >> mean that the anti-spam measures installed are not working effectively. >> >> Please be aware that spammers will typically try the same technique on the >> other forums (more detail offlist if wanted). >> >> rgds >> jan I. >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> 2013/10/20 Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> >>> >>> Mr. Phan Anh wrote: >>>> >>>> I am now currently have some new idea for the forums. >>>>> Such as the new name for each element of Vi forums. I am currently >>>>> working around with the content. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Very good. I've now fixed >>>> http://www.openoffice.org/vi/ >>>> since it was badly outdated (it still said we needed volunteers to >>>> translate 3.4 into Vietnamese). >>>> >>>> Of course, if you provide a Vietnamese translation of the two paragraphs >>>> I'll replace the English text with the translation. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Andrea. >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
