[Imc-web] (no subject)

[Mike Lehman]

One additional tip. Sometimes the link is obvious. Other times, you need 
to hit Edit to see it and sometimes you have to do that and click the 
HTML button, too, in order to reveal the actual link. They're shifty, 
devious and the scum of the earth.:-(
Mike

On 1/25/2011 3:43 PM, Mike Lehman wrote:
> Don't know how much others have noticed the re: comments. They're 
> mostly short comments containing ad-links. Over the last few days, as 
> part of the general increase in spam, I noticed that many of the 
> original articles they were posted to also contained other comments, 
> seemingly innocuous, that on closer look turned out to also contain ad 
> links missed earlier, either by me or other, who simply hid them. At 
> least one said something about being a "web beacon" whatever piece of 
> spam ridden crap that might be.
>
> Even when hidden, these seem to be attracting more spam, so I've taken 
> to carefully reviewing previous comments made to the article the re: 
> spam is showing up in and deleting those I find, even when they were 
> hidden. I can only hopes this helps, even a little.
>
> The posting of images that have no image and only spam likewise 
> continues -- and are being deleted. No other solutions there, I guess, 
> although I inquired with Tech about them.
> Mike Lehman
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