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  • 1.  Spam issue in Maddie's Pet Forum

    Posted 07-15-2021 08:29 AM
    Please accept our apologies for the overnight onslaught of spam messages in the forum . We know how frustrating this is and appreciate your patience while we work to address this. We are in the process of removing those posts and are setting up additional safeguards to prevent this from happening in the future. 

    Thank you and apologies again,

    Kim
    #DataandTechnology

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    Kim Domerofski (she/her)
    Community Manager
    Maddie's Fund
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  • 2.  RE: Spam issue in Maddie's Pet Forum

    Posted 07-15-2021 08:47 AM
    I was just going to send an inquiry if this happened on your end or if I had been hacked.
    Ingrid

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    ingrid norris
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  • 3.  RE: Spam issue in Maddie's Pet Forum

    Posted 07-15-2021 08:54 AM
    Nope, nothing on your end. You just received the notification after the post had been made in the forum. All on our end. I'm so sorry!!

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    Kim Domerofski (she/her)
    Community Manager
    Maddie's Fund
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  • 4.  RE: Spam issue in Maddie's Pet Forum

    Posted 07-15-2021 10:54 AM
    I was just going to tell you that. Glad you knew about it!

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    Erica Polites
    Founder/President
    Senior Paws Dog Rescue and Sanctuary
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  • 5.  RE: Spam issue in Maddie's Pet Forum

    Posted 07-16-2021 06:26 AM
    Saw that, it's the worst!

    In our forums, we have a moderator approve every new member's first post. Spammers are evil!

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    Rene Agredano
    Tripawds
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  • 6.  RE: Spam issue in Maddie's Pet Forum

    Posted 07-16-2021 08:16 AM
    Thanks for understanding, Rene. Couldn't agree more! We've been very fortunate over the last 4 years with only minor spamming but yesterday's spam was the worst. We didn't want to have to moderate posts but one of the safeguards we added yesterday is exactly what you've done in your forums:  every new member's first post will have to be approved by a moderator.  Hopefully with all the additional safeguards we've added, we won't have another instance like yesterday. Just have to stay one step ahead of those evil spammers!

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    Kim Domerofski (she/her)
    Community Manager
    Maddie's Fund
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  • 7.  RE: Spam issue in Maddie's Pet Forum

    Posted 07-16-2021 08:33 AM
    It was bad, I just marked them as spam, it was kind of obvious when everything had some sort of Asian characters. I hope everything is safe now.

    Erica

    On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 11:16 AM Kim Domerofski via Maddie's Pet Forum <Mail@maddiesfund.org> wrote:
    Thanks for understanding, Rene. Couldn't agree more! We've been very fortunate over the last 4 years with only minor spamming but yesterday's spam...
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    Jul 16, 2021 8:16 AM
    Kim Domerofski
    Thanks for understanding, Rene. Couldn't agree more! We've been very fortunate over the last 4 years with only minor spamming but yesterday's spam was the worst. We didn't want to have to moderate posts but one of the safeguards we added yesterday is exactly what you've done in your forums:  every new member's first post will have to be approved by a moderator.  Hopefully with all the additional safeguards we've added, we won't have another instance like yesterday. Just have to stay one step ahead of those evil spammers!

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    Community Manager
    Maddie's Fund
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    Original Message:
    Sent: 7/16/2021 11:16:00 AM
    From: Kim Domerofski
    Subject: RE: Spam issue in Maddie's Pet Forum

    Thanks for understanding, Rene. Couldn't agree more! We've been very fortunate over the last 4 years with only minor spamming but yesterday's spam was the worst. We didn't want to have to moderate posts but one of the safeguards we added yesterday is exactly what you've done in your forums:  every new member's first post will have to be approved by a moderator.  Hopefully with all the additional safeguards we've added, we won't have another instance like yesterday. Just have to stay one step ahead of those evil spammers!

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    Kim Domerofski (she/her)
    Community Manager
    Maddie's Fund
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    Original Message:
    Sent: 07-16-2021 06:25 AM
    From: Rene Agredano
    Subject: Spam issue in Maddie's Pet Forum

    Saw that, it's the worst!

    In our forums, we have a moderator approve every new member's first post. Spammers are evil!

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    Rene Agredano
    Tripawds


  • 8.  RE: Spam issue in Maddie's Pet Forum

    Posted 07-17-2021 07:44 AM
    Yeah the first post approval should work. We haven't had that issue since we started doing that. They still manage to register but it's as far as they get.  Great job!


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    Rene Agredano
    Tripawds
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