| Mar 15 @ 6:26 PM |
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Spirit76
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Every one of the spams I get is titled "Hello" and then contains a Yahoo address for email. These people rarely change the format of this sort of thing and I've wondered two things as a result:
1. Why not have MD refuse to post messages simply labeled "Hello" and which contain email addresses of any sort?
2. I'd love to place filters on words so that, for my own messages to be received, certain words automatically kick emails from even being delivered to me. Words and sentences - like... "beautiful Chinese woman", "China", "@yahoo.com", "@hotmail.com" and similar words that auto-flag as spam.
3. Rating system to mark "real" members versus pests. Score based on responses in ratio of response, time online, etc... Would do a lot to weed out the trash versus the real users who are here because they like MD.
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| Mar 15 @ 6:33 PM |
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Gallows_Humor
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how many of these do you get a day?  I get about two a week 
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| Mar 16 @ 1:08 AM |
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Spirit76
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As a gold member, I get at least 5 a day... It's a freaking pack of hyenas out there man... 
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| Mar 16 @ 5:34 AM |
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SunBabe
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LOL, 48 years old with a good job, single, and a hot looking hunk with a great smile in front of a spiffy red 'Stang...and you wonder what the appeal is? 
...aside from the fact that you show up online when it's daytime in China AND Nigeria (and night time for the "night workers" promoting their porn sites  )
Hey, you could just change your picture to show you hiding behind some goofy Yank blonde 
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| Mar 16 @ 1:18 PM |
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BandTMom
Posts: 28,185
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Being a Gold member, I find invisible works for me.
Since I started signing on invisible, I get one a week....maybe
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| Mar 16 @ 2:06 PM |
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robodad
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I'll send three guys in to do a few inquiries.....
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| Mar 18 @ 1:30 AM |
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burnslikethesun
Posts: 9,592
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for a month nothing. Md was on spammer scammer lock down.
And now three in a day.
Well thanks for the repreave. It was pleasnt while it lasted.
But becare. I used to work the scrammers over. Knock em so low they can play hand ball on the curb.
And the MD "filters" caught my less then nice emails to the scammers. So now my responce is typically. something like.
Oh I'm sorry you got me all wrong. I only look like an moron.
IIm not. I just play one on this here on your tv
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| Mar 18 @ 1:30 AM |
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burnslikethesun
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 for a month nothing. Md was on spammer scammer lock down.
A  nd now three i  n a day.
Well thanks for  the repreave. It was pleasnt while it lasted.
But bec are. I us ed to w  ork the scrammers over. Knock em so low they can play hand ball on the curb.
And the MD "filters" caught my less then nice emails to the scammers. So now my r   esponce is typic  ally. something like.
opps the ambeuims kickin so nodrunk posting Inm on a murch harder drugs.
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| Mar 18 @ 1:43 AM |
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Spirit76
Posts: 534
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LOL on goofy Yank blonde ;>) Love that pic!
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| Mar 18 @ 11:14 AM |
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JimNastics
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Click HERE to enjoy Spam
Make sure you click the spam button when you read such an e-mail
as it helps eliminate them quicker.
I set it up so it filters out everything from outside the Americas and the UK.
Many times such e-mails are deleted before I even see them as I often forget
to check my "filtered" inbox. 
For those that CLAIM they are in the USA I enjoy asking them continual questions
about the town/state they CLAIM to be in.
It causes them much indigestion 
or as I call it - just desserts. 
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| Mar 18 @ 11:40 AM |
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RareQuestor
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1. Why not have MD refuse to post messages simply labeled "Hello" and which contain email addresses of any sort?
That would be a waste of time. Spammers would just switch to a different greeting: "Good day", "Nice to meet you", et cetera. I would also prefer not to ban e-mail addresses because it is an excellent tip that the author is a spammer or scammer. (I am one of those folks who won't answer any message that contains a Yahoo address.)
2. I'd love to place filters on words so that, for my own messages to be received, certain words automatically kick emails from even being delivered to me. Words and sentences - like... "beautiful Chinese woman", "China", "@yahoo.com", "@hotmail.com" and similar words that auto-flag as spam.
I endorse this idea. We can already filter by region, of course, but it is too easy for scammers to evade that block by falsifying their country of origin. How many messages have you received from New Yorkers, Californians and Floridians who were obviously Russian? I have even received messages from Antarctica!
3. Rating system to mark "real" members versus pests. Score based on responses in ratio of response, time online, etc... Would do a lot to weed out the trash versus the real users who are here because they like MD.
That would be too easy to abuse. Members of various cliques would be able to influence the ratings by rating their friends or by reporting people that they dislike. I have seen it tried at other sites and it was not especially effective.
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| Mar 18 @ 11:41 AM |
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RareQuestor
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{Double post deleted}
I just wanted to add that I wish we had the option to block messages from people without photos in their profile.
[Edited on 3/18/2008 11:47 AM]
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| Mar 19 @ 2:28 AM |
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Spirit76
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How about having 'em pay to email you? LOL - It has a certain logic to it...
Good posts there Rare - appreciate the feedback on my musings there - The funny thing is that once I posted the complaints, all of a sudden all the Chinese emails came to a squalling halt. Me thinks they don't like being pointed out to MD gods...
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| Mar 19 @ 2:41 AM |
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SunBabe
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You think they read profiles and forums?
I toldja, they just look at the pictures (and personal stats).
I just hit them with  and report them immediately -- they don't usually last any more than a day or so. 
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| Mar 19 @ 4:21 AM |
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luvmycats
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Yep, what Sunny said. The ones that kill me, are the ones that say they love my pics! I told one last night to get a real job, and stop trying to get money out of American women. Then spammed him! 
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| Mar 19 @ 5:06 AM |
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Spirit76
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Yep, what Sunny said. The ones that kill me, are the ones that say they love my pics! I told one last night to get a real job, and stop trying to get money out of American women. Then spammed him
I am *so* hoping that the U.S. puts up Internet borders and stops the communications from these places in it's tracks. It is do-able and needed. That and making it so computers auto-suspend and turn themselves off at night to stop the endless spambot armies in their tracks....
Then these Chinese, Russian and other folks will finally get back to dating their own and stop with the racket over here... grrrr....
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| Mar 19 @ 5:15 AM |
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luvmycats
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The sad thing is, it works. Otherwise they wouldn't keep it up. Too bad there are so many people with such low self esteem that they fall for it. 
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