We really got spammed

[montefrazer]

 

[kaiserfrazerlibrary]

Write your congress people about getting a bill passed that would make deliberate spamming a Class B Felony (Federal, as interstate commerce is involved) and allow Federal authorities to use IP numbers to go back and trace origins.

[Jim B PEI]

Can the moderator delete spam?

[jsgmpeek]

Is it difficult to block these sites?

[Terry T]

It appears that anyone can register onto our website.
Can we not institute a filter/authorizaton for those that want to register?
This would include a valid email address as part of the registration.
I registered into the Yahoo Kaiser Frazer group and I first had to be admitted by the moderator.
Suggestions???

[kaiserfrazerlibrary]

this was originally set up for members and non-members to use;  if you go back through the postings you will find that we've picked up a number of newer members based on the responses they got as non-members to their questions.  Do we really want to make this a members-only site?

[Gordie]

Can't we have a waiting period for new members to post?  Spammers will not bother to come back at a later date.

[ben-tex]

I think most of the spam is likely "automatically" generated rather than being done by a single hacker working away at some location trying to get suckers to fall for crap...

[84RabbitGTI]

I like the Class B Felony idea, Jack.  Lets get these guys.