On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Usurp <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > dimesio wrote: >> >> Usurp wrote: >> > Why are you replacing known spammers with these "banned" strings ? >> > >> >> Some spammers are persistent and just create another forum account and/or post from another IP address after one is banned. This prevents their spam URLs from ever being posted in the first place, regardless of where they're posting from. >> >> > This forbids anti-spam filters & programs to do their jobs properly. >> Set your spam filter to filter out "banned topic" and "banned web site" for the wine-user's list. > > I am already doing it - but that is not my point. > Many antispam programs try to learn from what they analyse with URL schemes and spam contents. Our current > approach blocks that. > The ultimate solution has already been discussed and that is to upgrade the Forum software to a version that can 'learn' URL useage and automatically delete/block offensive materials so they never appear. However, that 'horse' has been beaten/flogged/whipped/stomped "to death". There is no available software that will allow maintaining the current mailing list <-> forum bridge (which in itself is not a bad thing.) James
