Getting spammed by AutoHotkey
Re: Getting spammed by AutoHotkey
@joefiesta could you share all the names of people that apparently did that?
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Re: Getting spammed by AutoHotkey
probably because you WERE quoted, but one of the moderators already deleted the spam post, so therefore the post no longer exists and you can't view it
my email notifications must be turned off, because i never receive any emails. maybe for PMs, i'm not sure.
i only got one notification on the web forums when i logged in a few days ago, from user "Oops" who claimed to have quoted me. similarly, the post doesn't exist anymore.
Re: Getting spammed by AutoHotkey
Okay, I might have looked more closely.
the names changed after so many from one userid.
received about a dozen that said "trulas" quoted me.
thken "frin" began being the name. maybe 15 or 20
then , at 22:58 thursday, it changed to "trups". just a couple from trups
then it was "lipar"
then it became "oops". oops and lipar were intermingled
then it became "Ufs":
so, let me guess: Spam users were created, they sent me stuff and they were deleted. Another came along, etc. etc.?
It APPEARS turning off the setting to receive emails when someone quotes me has stopped the flow.
the names changed after so many from one userid.
received about a dozen that said "trulas" quoted me.
thken "frin" began being the name. maybe 15 or 20
then , at 22:58 thursday, it changed to "trups". just a couple from trups
then it was "lipar"
then it became "oops". oops and lipar were intermingled
then it became "Ufs":
so, let me guess: Spam users were created, they sent me stuff and they were deleted. Another came along, etc. etc.?
It APPEARS turning off the setting to receive emails when someone quotes me has stopped the flow.
Re: Getting spammed by AutoHotkey
New users are unable to join the board so it is unlikely that they are still creating posts.
It is possible that the mails are getting to you at a slower pace because our e-Mail system is completely unable to deal with the amount of mail it is supposed to send.
user ufs has been banned since quite a while so I doubt he has send you any new mails.
It is possible that the mails are getting to you at a slower pace because our e-Mail system is completely unable to deal with the amount of mail it is supposed to send.
user ufs has been banned since quite a while so I doubt he has send you any new mails.
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Re: Getting spammed by AutoHotkey
I would call it spam because I would assume that they were all from the same person, even though the names were different. But I could not see the spammer or his bot, so I don't know if there was more than one culprit.
try it and see
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Re: Getting spammed by AutoHotkey
Well, I got quoted again just now, so he must be hacking existing accounts. I get the email, but the posts get deleted pretty fast, thanks. I'm gonna turn off the quote notification.nnnik wrote: ↑02 Nov 2018, 12:51New users are unable to join the board so it is unlikely that they are still creating posts.
It is possible that the mails are getting to you at a slower pace because our e-Mail system is completely unable to deal with the amount of mail it is supposed to send.
user ufs has been banned since quite a while so I doubt he has send you any new mails.
try it and see
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Re: Getting spammed by AutoHotkey
Many spam accounts are left idle for a few weeks before they're used. This account was created just before the registration was locked and actually had some posts to blend in (E.g: Thanks, me too). However the malicious posts just had quote tags but no other kind of content to promote, so its goal just seems to harass. Luckily it got banned while it was posting, before it finished more.
Re: Getting spammed by AutoHotkey
"Sleeper" accounts... :/
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Re: Getting spammed by AutoHotkey
I just noticed the closing text of the e-mail notification is outdated.
Thanks, AHKScript Support Team( formerly The AutoHotkey Support Team )
Re: Getting spammed by AutoHotkey
Is the email notifications disabled? I am not receiving email notifications from topics that I am subscribed to!
Re: Getting spammed by AutoHotkey
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I am not sure, but possibly temporarily due the captcha being broken causing mass spam...
@UserThanks,
the AutoHotkey Support Team.
I am not sure, but possibly temporarily due the captcha being broken causing mass spam...
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Re: Getting spammed by AutoHotkey
Since I am the only one complaining about this, so I presume I'm the only one not receiving email notifications from topics I am subscribed to!
Did you investigated upon this or you are just presuming it is "possibly temporarily due the captcha being broken causing mass spam..."?
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Re: Getting spammed by AutoHotkey
As far as Im aware tank is the only one with enough information to truly confirm what i said or to investigate on the matter.
tank hasn't been online since a week or 2 and hasn't been online after the spam started.
As far as Im aware we have a monthly e-Mail quota - thats my best guess other than that I cannot imagine why this would happen.
tank hasn't been online since a week or 2 and hasn't been online after the spam started.
As far as Im aware we have a monthly e-Mail quota - thats my best guess other than that I cannot imagine why this would happen.
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Re: Getting spammed by AutoHotkey
Yeah, I don't know whats happened to tank. Perhaps, he is away on something else?
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Re: Getting spammed by AutoHotkey
Got one as well.
This is the thread where Oops's post doesn't exist.
The actual topic link id is 247137, which is invalid (might might be okay in a year or two )
https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic ... 37#p247137
Haven't been logged in when or since the thread was posted (until today).
Edit: @Nextron: Re below: Yes , sorry, it was a "p" not a "t", if the spammer intended a "t" the thread id for that number still doesn't exist, (yet).
This is the thread where Oops's post doesn't exist.
The actual topic link id is 247137, which is invalid (might might be okay in a year or two )
https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic ... 37#p247137
Haven't been logged in when or since the thread was posted (until today).
Edit: @Nextron: Re below: Yes , sorry, it was a "p" not a "t", if the spammer intended a "t" the thread id for that number still doesn't exist, (yet).
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Re: Getting spammed by AutoHotkey
Just to emphasize, that notification was sent 3 weeks ago.
That user has been banned that same day, so the link not working is expected. The 'p' ID refers to the specific post, not the thread, so there's nothing strange going on there.
That user has been banned that same day, so the link not working is expected. The 'p' ID refers to the specific post, not the thread, so there's nothing strange going on there.
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