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    Opinion: Is spam freedom of speech?

    This. In addition the definition of 'spam' can vary depending on who is running the site.
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    Xenforo, bigboard, big topics

    I really do not have the answers, but I went ahead and changed the thread title from 'bogboard' to 'bigboard' because I am fairly sure that is what you meant. If you want the title changed for any reason please click on 'Report' and a moderator can change it for you.
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    What reasons do you use for locking a topic on your forums?

    When the general demeanor / atmosphere has degraded, by multiple participants.
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    Xenforo right for a new site?

    Is this really necessary? Vague aspersions do not help anything, if you have something to say, or a link to provide, please do. My original post in this thread was slightly 'tongue-in-cheek', but I really was trying to help. As was the other moderator.
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    Xenforo right for a new site?

    Well of course I do :) Admin options. Go to the lower left part of this site, click on "Default" (or something like that) and select "Kitchen Sink" for the style option.
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    Why are there so many spams here?

    Welcome Jane, I can see you are fairly new to XF.com. The question is, how is it working for you. Did you see less spam yesterday than previous days?
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    Why are there so many spams here?

    That is because I have been banning all accounts today that look like they might be spammers. The situation is, what it is.
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    What did Mike do to stop the spam? (and can we have it too)

    It's gone, along with several accounts.
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    XF 1.1 Bounced email address : Issues with registration confirmation email not being sent

    yes, that is how my forum is set up, it could be something special about how our hosting provider has the cpanel email accounts set up.. not sure. I thought it might be worth experimenting with the bounced email address because you typed that without that bounced email address filled in, you...
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    XF 1.1 Bounced email address : Issues with registration confirmation email not being sent

    I've got my bounced Email Address set to abcdefgh, assuming "abcdefgh" is the cpanel login for that account (first 8 characters of the url). For instance, if site was www.yabbadabbado.com, my cpanel login credentials would be 'yabbadab' with the proper password. Then I have the Bounced Email...
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    What did Mike do to stop the spam? (and can we have it too)

    I believe Mike banned 2 additional IP which the moderators asked for. Thought I would be slightly proactive, so I have been nuking spammer accounts as they show up on the 'Who's online' block on the front page. It could be that other moderators are doing that as well, not sure.
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    Why are there so many spams here?

    I completely agree.
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    Why are there so many spams here?

    I actually agree with that... I really don't like adsense. I've started using 'Whats New' to find & delete the spam in addition to waiting for people to report posts. Please report the spam if you see it, especially if it is in the middle of a thread. As far as I can tell, every moderator...
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    What is your technique to handle stale / bounced email addresses?

    My post that you quoted was extremely old, prior to the Notices system being implemented. If I were to do it again I would use a notice with the proper criteria:
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    Holy Spammer attack Batman!

    About every hour when I am near a computer, I have been checking for reported posts. From what I can tell the other moderators are doing the same. An open thank you to all who have been reporting the spam. (y) (I fully realize there are other ways to handle spam, but at the moment things...
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