[IMC-US] re: casino posts to indymedia

[erock at riseup.net]

we are toying with the idea of adding a captcha to our publishing page.
would still be a lot of hassle tho.


>
> Hi all,
>
>  I know on the mir code base there exists a way of automatically blocking
> posts with certain keywords (ie, "gambling," etc.) I was told once upon a
> time that there might be such a feature on Dada, but that it wasn't
> "turned on" or "enabled." Is there any super saavy techie still working
> with dada who knows if this is true? Or could such a thing be created,
> creating a solution to this problemn that doesn't involve codebase
> migration?
>
>  chris
>
> erock at riseup.net wrote:
> jessica,
> we have had this problem for a few months now. we have been manually
> deleting them everyday, while people try to figure something out. also,
> they appear on the server as RE: posts too, so keep a look out.
>
> the other day we disabled our newswire for the day, all day, but not over
> night. anyway, we havent had any problems except one RE: spam, and we did
> this 3 or 4 days ago, the only time in the last two months we havent
> recieved any. so try that.
>
> what server are you all on? we are having mad trouble with ours up in
> buffalo, i dont think buffalo imc exists anymore so we are looking to move
> if we can.
>
> hows organizing in your neck? trying to get our shit back together here.
>
>> Hi,
>> We are having a problem with casino posts to the newswire on the Arizona
>> IMC. (Like 200 per day). Do any other IMCs have this problem and if so,
>> what
>> can be done???
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Jessica
>> AZ IMC
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Matt
>> Date: Feb 28, 2006 9:02 PM
>> Subject: [imc-arizona-edit] casino posts
>> To: Arizona Indymedia
>>
>>
>>  I just hid close to 200 of the casino posts today!!!!!!!!!  They're
>> basically being posted five per ten minutes.  I'm not sure if it's a
>> company
>> doing it or someone who's being hired by the FBI (or whatever).....
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas of what to do?
>>
>> matt
>>
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