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Regarding "memory" and "foam"...
In Response To: F o a m ()

Early this morning approximately 100 (or more)posts were made to the Message Board, all of which were titled:

"Memory Foam"

And contain SPAM messaging about a foam product.

The 'bot' (robot) that was posting the message was doing so quicker than the messages could be individually deleted, so, in the interest of sanity, the words "memory foam" were temporarilly added to the prohibited list.

That in effect killed all new posts by the SPAM-bot and allowed time to clean-up the earlier posts. It seems that the SPAM-bots cannot create new message threads, and can only post replies to previously posted messages. When making those posts, if the original poster has opted to receive an email notification when a reply is made, that feature kicks-in when the SPAM-bot makes a reply post. Those email notifications appear to be from Greg, but they are actually automated messages from the Message Board.

On good days, the SPAM-killer has already cruised the Message Board and has deleted the SPAM posts, well before the email recipient looks for the reply. When the SPAM post is gone (deleted by the SPAM-killer), and the email recipient looks for the post, he/she only sees an error message.

So, at this point, the words are OK.

Jim Follis - OLCD

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F o a m
Regarding "memory" and "foam"...
Re: Regarding "memory" and "foam"...
Walt... What posts? vbg
Re: Walt... What posts? vbg

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