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Title: Hit with 6 pages of PORN spam...
Post by: elk_is_cool on July 11, 2016, 03:05:19 pm
I haven't visited one of my Elkarte forums in a while and some "A-hole" (probably from Russia since most of the porn sites end in .ru) posted 6 pages of porn spam...and NO,  I didn't click on any of the links....honest....  :-[   :-X

I acted a little too fast and have already deleted the "member" , so not sure if that was the right thing to do?  I know on other forum software, you can delete all posts by the member, but I deleted him.   Can I still delete all 6 pages at once even though the member is deleted?

Title: Re: Hit with 6 pages of PORN spam...
Post by: emanuele on July 11, 2016, 03:28:56 pm
If they are from the same member, create a dummy member, reassign all the spammy posts to that member (admin > maintenance > forum maintenance > members > reattribute users posts, you can reattriut using either email or username), go to the profile of the dummy user and from "actions" select delete, there you'll see a dropdown where you can pick "delete all messages and topics" and delete the dummy account.
Title: Re: Hit with 6 pages of PORN spam...
Post by: elk_is_cool on July 11, 2016, 03:53:07 pm
Thx Emanuele, yes there all from the same person.  On my way to do what you suggest.
Title: Re: Hit with 6 pages of PORN spam...
Post by: elk_is_cool on July 11, 2016, 04:15:37 pm
That did it!   Nice...  again, you cant beat Elkarte forum software, it's the best.