In response to the solicited thread.

DougDismal · July 2, 2012 9:39AM

I am editing this post to clarify the mention of two websites I believed to have been spammed to me on these forums. I went back and was instructed by a friendly member on how to look for old private messages. The messages that included the signature of both the sites mentioned before the edit were not to be found on this forum. I still worry about spam and spam filtering since my mother received a bad virus once from an e-mail chain letter she opened. That's why I felt the thread was necessary.

-Doug

AUandAG · July 2, 2012 9:42AM

Do yourself, and your Mom, a favor and get or use a virus checker.

bob

Broadstruck · July 2, 2012 9:42AM

You need to adjust the spam filter setting on your private message system.

seanq · July 2, 2012 9:51AM

Report the offending member to one of the Forum mods (SportsModerator1 is my go-to guy). Odds are you're not the only person to receive such a PM and if the mods think they were out of line, the member will be scolded or banned. Someone got tossed about a month ago for sending SPAM PMs for a competing forum, it sounds like the guy might be back, in which case I'd expect justice to be swift.

Sean Reynolds

DougDismal · July 2, 2012 9:52AM

Doesn't PCGS do such a thing? I saw too many members close to comfort join the Double Eagle price guessing contest that all had signed up earlier in the month in droves. I signed up in April and don't want to be seen as one of them because they give new members like us a really bad name. Filter the internet connection or screen it before letting the same person join twice.

-Doug

vibr0nic · July 2, 2012 9:57AM

You have two likely options:

1) The PM system as it is, vulnerable to spam.
2) A PM system that filters out all hyperlinks, even those sent in messages between friends.

While no one likes unsolicited messages, I wouldn't want the PM system to filter out hyperlinks, either. Just ignore it and move on, or as someone else just mentioned, reporting it to mods is likely to produce results.

Also, I am assuming you are running Windows - Microsoft Security Essentials is free and excellent to protect your computer from infection or intrusion if you are concerned about such things.

LindeDad · July 2, 2012 10:22AM

The only computer that you can safely run without virus protection is one that is not connected in any way to the internet.
As for the PM spam turn them in to the MOD's it is against the TOSS we all agreed to when we joined.
Myself I checked out the site of the other forum and found it lacking to the ones I am already a member of.
Dealer spam gets people booted rather quickly unless it is open listings on the BST Forum.

Res · July 2, 2012 10:30AM

<< The only computer that you can safely run without virus protection is one that is not connected in any way to the internet.
>>

forgot about flash drives, SD cards etc. viruses are easily transferred that way.

SportsModerator · July 2, 2012 5:50PM

Just let us know if anyone sends an unsolicited PM pitching another site to you. I just showed two members the door this AM for this unethical behavior. Not only is this poor business on their part, but it is unsafe to be clicking on links like this appearing out of nowhere. Common sense people, common sense!

UNCOnly · July 2, 2012 10:43PM

What a bunch of nervous nillies!

noow · July 2, 2012 11:53PM

I'm innocent, Mods/Admins can check my IP address. PN is legit but there are some haters out that want to give it a bad name.

johnny9434 · July 3, 2012 5:36AM

<< What a bunch of nervous nillies! >>

we have every right to be nervous about things going on.

seanq · July 3, 2012 5:55AM

<< I'm innocent, Mods/Admins can check my IP address. PN is legit but there are some haters out that want to give it a bad name. >>

I don't know a thing about the site except that they tried to recruit me as a member by sending me an unsolicited PM through this site. If the members / founders there don't understand why that is somewhere between "unprofessional" and "unethical" on the spectrum of bad ideas, then I don't see any reason to join, as those are not the sort of people with whom I want to spend my free time or money.

Sean Reynolds

UNCOnly · July 3, 2012 6:49AM

<< 

<< What a bunch of nervous nillies! >>

we have every right to be nervous about things going on. >>

Nothing to be nervous about.

It was not a solicitation as the title falsely suggests. It was an invitation.

Big difference between the two.

lasvegasteddy · July 3, 2012 6:55AM

so i'm not special after all....heads to corner to pout...

went there
realized why i never went before
this place rocks
any place without these members that are here...suxz

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