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Delzounblood
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 24 Nov 2006 : 10:50:52
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That sounds like a good idea, aslong as true Realms fans are not Put Off by the idea of having to be quized to join!
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 24 Nov 2006 : 15:48:44
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Originally posted by Delzounblood
That sounds like a good idea, aslong as true Realms fans are not Put Off by the idea of having to be quized to join!
Delz
Well,
Here's my comment on that. If, at the quized page, there's some text explaining why we are having people quized to join, then I'd figure most people wouldn't have a issue with it. With the amount of spam people get, ya'd think they would be appreciative that we are trying to curtail any spam coming from this site... |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 24 Nov 2006 : 15:57:58
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I'd have to agree.
Plus, it postively increases the reputation of the site and the Forums themselves around the net. I've actually stopped visting several of my favorite forums simply because the admin/site staff have little interest in actually combating the scams and spam emails being sent through their site to registered posters.
If Candlekeep can show it's doing all it can to combat this problem here, then that's another win for us, our scribes, potential new scribes, and the FR online community as a whole.
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Edited by - The Sage on 24 Nov 2006 15:58:58 |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
Posted - 24 Nov 2006 : 16:28:46
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Hear hear!
The questionnaire isn't an elitist thing, and as Kuje said, if we explain it people should understand. Seriously, who would go through such trouble reading up lore that is not available in Wikipedia or some such thing just to bother people with spam? |
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Zimme
Learned Scribe
Denmark
209 Posts |
Posted - 25 Nov 2006 : 01:36:49
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Originally posted by Thauramarth
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Originally posted by Delzounblood
I seem to get loads of these
My quick simple answer is not for the forum boards but sort of goes like this, #### OFF STOP SENDING ME THIS ####!!!
Just use your imagination for the #'s
Delz
Delz, maybe the reason why you get so many if them is probably that you do reply to them - when someone replies it tells the spammer that the E-mail address is "live", and it increases in value on the E-mail address exchange - you've just made a poor spammer's portfolio go up in value 
Im guity of sending mail back too. I got POed in a big way and sent a very dark mail back It dident help, but it made me feel better |
Sometimes I feel like Beshaba is sitting on my back, devoting her entire attention to me!
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Delzounblood
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
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Posted - 25 Nov 2006 : 14:20:38
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Originally posted by Kuje
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Originally posted by Delzounblood
That sounds like a good idea, aslong as true Realms fans are not Put Off by the idea of having to be quized to join!
Delz
Well,
Here's my comment on that. If, at the quized page, there's some text explaining why we are having people quized to join, then I'd figure most people wouldn't have a issue with it. With the amount of spam people get, ya'd think they would be appreciative that we are trying to curtail any spam coming from this site...
An explanation would work, It's just I don't see the Keep as a closed Club! more of an open arms type of place, I agree we need to do something. The explanation as to why should do it with the questionaire.
Delz
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Edited by - Delzounblood on 25 Nov 2006 14:26:28 |
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Delzounblood
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
578 Posts |
Posted - 25 Nov 2006 : 14:22:59
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Originally posted by Thauramarth
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Originally posted by Delzounblood
I seem to get loads of these
My quick simple answer is not for the forum boards but sort of goes like this, #### OFF STOP SENDING ME THIS ####!!!
Just use your imagination for the #'s
Delz
Delz, maybe the reason why you get so many if them is probably that you do reply to them - when someone replies it tells the spammer that the E-mail address is "live", and it increases in value on the E-mail address exchange - you've just made a poor spammer's portfolio go up in value
I get them through my work email which is live 24/7 I am always on and my email address is listed all over because of work!!
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Kaladorm
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
1176 Posts |
Posted - 28 Nov 2006 : 22:46:19
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Does anyones spam blocker catch these?
I assumed mine doesn't simply because it comes as a PM, not an email as such, and it would have no reason to reject anything from candlekeep. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 28 Nov 2006 : 23:43:03
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Originally posted by Kaladorm
Does anyones spam blocker catch these?
I assumed mine doesn't simply because it comes as a PM, not an email as such, and it would have no reason to reject anything from candlekeep.
The last one I got went to my Junk Mail folder... Of course, since I have Hotmail, that really doesn't mean anything. It's sometimes difficult to convince Hotmail to *not* label some email as spam.  |
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Kaladorm
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
1176 Posts |
Posted - 29 Nov 2006 : 00:04:55
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Kaladorm
Does anyones spam blocker catch these?
I assumed mine doesn't simply because it comes as a PM, not an email as such, and it would have no reason to reject anything from candlekeep.
The last one I got went to my Junk Mail folder... Of course, since I have Hotmail, that really doesn't mean anything. It's sometimes difficult to convince Hotmail to *not* label some email as spam.
The upgrade to Live mail seems a lot better.
The old junk mail filter was hideous, I used to check my junk folder just as often as my inbox, either moving spam to it or moving non-spam out of it |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2006 : 15:55:00
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Hello Kuje
You received the following message from: owusu225 (owusu_koffi11@yahoo.com)
At: http://forum.candlekeep.com/
FROM OWUSU KOFFI
Abidjan,Cote d'ivoire
West Africa
owusu_koffi120@yahoo.com
Dear Sir,
Compliments of the day,how is things over there together with your family?hope that all is well with you.
I am Owusu (24Years old) while my sister ROSE (22Years old) The children of late Mr & Mrs RICHARAD KOFFI who was a rich, famous and wealthy cocoa merchant and Gold dealers based in Abidjan ,The economic capital of Ivory Coast. We are seeking your attention to help us transfer the sum(USD 12,500,000.00) twelve million five hundred thousand United State American dollars into your account for an investment purposes,Such as real estates and stock markerts,as this money was deposited with my name in the bank as next of kin before the sudden death of our father.
So why we contacted you is to help us invest this money in your country for us,and help us to continue our education,also you will help us to get our resident permit in your country. As we will need your urgent help to transfer this money out of africa because of our uncle who killed our father is after our lives because of this money.
Please dear, I and my Sister are willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as a made of compensation for your urgent assistance to us .Please kindly contact us immediately you got this mail with my private email contact Email
owusu_koffi120@yahoo.com
Yours sincerely,
Owusu Koffi |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2006 : 16:08:40
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I got that in my MSN account as well |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
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Halidan
Senior Scribe
USA
470 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2006 : 20:31:45
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| I got two of them this morning as well. Looks like an epidemic. |
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Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
5402 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2006 : 20:49:31
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| Same here, I got two of them. |
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Kaladorm
Master of Realmslore
United Kingdom
1176 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2006 : 23:30:14
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| Now Mace, I just want to get the one about the diamond trade in similarly ironic circumstances |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Dargoth
Great Reader
Australia
4607 Posts |
Posted - 02 Dec 2006 : 04:21:45
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 05 Dec 2006 : 21:23:03
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| I got another of these emails, this time to my ISP email. It wasn't Candlekeep-related, but I'm mentioning it because I was amused by the sender: Murphy Brown. |
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