Stopping the Spam...

[Kevin]

Hi Guys,

I'm so sorry for all these spam attacks recently. Thank you for everyone's help in notifying me of this. I have taken some serious actions to prevent any further spam from appearing on the forums.

• All new member registrations will require moderator approval.
• All new approved members will be subject to strict keyword-censorship monitoring (software) that will place their posts in moderation queue if detected as spam.
• I have implemented a strong Question & Answer that must be answered correctly in order to register.
• I will be monitoring the forums more closely since these have just been implemented.

As I'm sure you all are well aware, nothing is 100% bulletproof when it comes to stopping these spammers. But I feel after implementing what has been done, it will drastically reduce the chances of use seeing future spam posts.

I have deleted all visible spam posts that I could find. I think they are all gone, but if anyone finds others, please link to it in this thread if you are so kind.

I will be doing MUCH more tonight to help prevent this from happening again.

Thank you for everyone's help and continued patience. I want to make sure this is a fun and enjoyable environment for everyone.

I'm confident we'll see a drastic improvement with these prevention steps. There may be some registered spammers that are already "in", however, that may continue posting in the near short term... so continue to report them as spam.

Thanks to all and hope everyone is doing great and catching good fish this Fall.

Take care,