Hi, For my part: I apologies to all who have been effected by recent moderation problems at forums.openvpn.net
Reply: generally "real" spam is not the problem, Spam bots very rarely (if ever) get to post. Real people posting spam still do and they are **crafty** which is why we moderate all posts by new members. This means: reveiwing all new posts, making sure they are not spam .. Once a post is approved, upto 100% need to be moved. It takes time to read and understand most posts due to all sorts of reasons e.g: "teh now who i am connet?" etc and, as the current catagories are quite restricted in comparison to the wild diversity of questions, it can be difficult to decide where to move posts to. It is difficult to maintain a standard .. Personally, I tend to use Off-Topic quite hard. There is an example "possible" spam awaiting approval. I recognise the poster "...." and know I have deleted a post recently from this user _as_ spam. Which is why I have a hunch this is a bid to thwart our anti-spam measures ;-) Configuration: rasberry pi server setup (Last post in thread) The poor quality posts e.g "PLZ HELP" are a constant pain and I would like to recommend a new policy: Delete all such posts! There is a classic example awaiting approval now Forum&websiteSupport: openvpn wont start (Note: "The tone" ..... ) See the Mod-Control-Panel for details. I would also like you to /consider/ a couple of new boards: 1) openvpn from 3rd parties: eg DD-WRT pfSense etc 2) a.n.other but not sure, in time I will have a suggestion. None of this is a big problem .. just feedback. Perhaps a point for an IRC meeting ? Regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuli Seppänen" <sam...@openvpn.net> To: "Eric Crist" <ecr...@secure-computing.net>; "Jeff Boyce" <jbo...@meridianenv.com> Cc: <openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] How to successfully post to the Forum? > Hi, > > Is the spam from automated bots, or from real humans? Or are we talking > of really poor quality posts along the lines of "PLZ HLP URGENT!!!"? > > At least in the past the automated bots very blocked fairly easily by > our external user management system. Basically bots tailored for PhpBB > could not get through. At least for Trac this extra layer of > security/obfuscation seems to help a lot; we occasionally get spam > attachments to the front page, but so those can be deleted quickly > because urlwatch notifies me of all front page modifications. > > -- > Samuli Seppänen > Community Manager > OpenVPN Technologies, Inc > > irc freenode net: mattock > > >> Spam filtering is hard. >> >> Moderators wanted. >> >> Eric (forum admin) >> >>> On Dec 29, 2015, at 12:36 PM, Jeff Boyce <jbo...@meridianenv.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 12/18/2015 1:52 AM, Jan Just Keijser wrote: >>>> Samuli Seppänen wrote: >>>>>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Jeff Boyce <jbo...@meridianenv.com >>>>>> <mailto:jbo...@meridianenv.com>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there a Forum moderator listening here, or someone else that >>>>>> might >>>>>> know what special incantation or secret password (sarcasm) is >>>>>> needed to >>>>>> get a message posted on the OpenVPN Forum? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> No idea. But I too tried to post a few times and posts went to a >>>>>> blackhole called moderation. It seems the forum has a mind of its >>>>>> own. >>>>>> Anyway forums are not my cup-of-tea so not misisng anything. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you have a genuine question about openvpn usage, you are more than >>>>>> likely to get a sane response here. >>>>>> >>>>>> Selva >>>>> >>>>> Hmm, it seems we may have to do something about the forums. For a >>>>> long while I assumed the guys maintaining the forums can manage by >>>>> themselves, but apparently that is no longer the case. I've heard >>>>> anecdotal evidence that are very few moderators, which would explain >>>>> the black hole... >>>> I've not posted anything to the forum in well over a year - mostly due >>>> to the fact that I was under the impression that the forum software >>>> would be upgraded "soon" . >>>> I was considering posting to the forum again more frequently, but I'm >>>> not in the mood to post to black holes ;) >>>> IOW: let's address this issue ASAP so that we can provide better >>>> support again :) >>>> >>>> JJK >>> Well, I see that my issue was finally posted to the forum. Although I >>> don't expect anyone to see it at this point. Posted on the day before >>> Christmas, and with the original date stamp of Dec. 2nd, which means it >>> was buried 4 pages down the list. If the moderators are going to hold >>> something that long, they should at least modify the posted date (is >>> this possible?) so that it shows up at the top of the list when they >>> release it. I really didn't mean to stir up such an issue / debate >>> regarding the forum, I was just wondering what happened to my post. I >>> think I will bring my issue back to this list. I prefer not to cross >>> post, so maybe I will just post a link to the forum post since it is >>> quite long and detailed. I do my homework trying to resolve my own >>> issues, but sometimes still get stuck and need someone with more >>> knowledge than I possess so I try to provide all the details necessary >>> to help with the solution. >>> >>> Jeff Boyce >>> www.meridianenv.com >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Openvpn-users mailing list >>> Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Openvpn-users mailing list >> Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Openvpn-users mailing list > Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users
