Mysterious new message

Any problems or suggestions regarding the forums or scripts, post them here.
pet_beauty_shop
Posts: 118
Joined: 20 Jan 2006 02:41 pm
Location: Fort Wayne, IN
Contact:

Mysterious new message

Post by pet_beauty_shop »

I apologize for posting this in the suggestion forum, but it seemed like the closest to forum related questions.

I haven't posted here in a while, though I still lurk occasionally, and I just received an email that I had a new message. It claims to be from "profilicus", but I don't seem to have such a message in my box, nor will the "1 new message" clear.

Thanks!
Elzaim
Posts: 230
Joined: 11 Jun 2007 09:14 pm
Gender: Female
Location: Canada
Contact:

Re: Mysterious new message

Post by Elzaim »

I also got this message tody. The subject line was ' I am a spammer. Do no click on any of the links I send you.'

Needless to say I did't open it. It's probably a bot. :s
Seerow
Posts: 2793
Joined: 19 Jan 2006 08:47 pm
Gender: Female
Human Avatar: 155383
Location: Mystery Island
Contact:

Re: Mysterious new message

Post by Seerow »

Ohh, was wondering why it said I had a message when I didn't. Silly spammers, when will they learn.
Wanna donate towards my drink gallery, the Golden Goblet.
Jazzy
Devil's Advocate
Posts: 2037
Joined: 04 Jan 2006 06:06 pm
Gender: Female
Location: a g-orbital
Contact:

Re: Mysterious new message

Post by Jazzy »

Yeah, sorry guys - while the post approval queue appears to be working well in stopping spam on the forums, we had a spambot today send out PMs as often as the flood limit would let him. I deleted the PMs via the database so no-one would actually see the spam, but this does leave a mess of notification emails and the flag that there's a new PM. He'd sent out about 300 before I became aware of this and stopped him - I'm going to guess this account specifically didn't get a PM because I'd have the power to stop him sending any more, so it was a while before I was aware of what was happening.

The PMs were all originally titled Forum Administration, which I filtered to change that to a warning that the messages were spam, which explains the slightly odd titles for those of you who saw that!
Fjorab_Teke
Posts: 1716
Joined: 28 Jan 2006 10:38 am
Human Avatar: 271433
Location: Tennessee or Georgia, take your pick
Contact:

Re: Mysterious new message

Post by Fjorab_Teke »

Hahaha! Well, at least the one in my inbox indeed had an amusing title like stated here. I almost don't want to delete it because of that. Of course, I didn't click the link within.

And I was hoping it would be some nice informative/exciting thing someone sent me related to my September move and/or cellphone services. :P
Seerow
Posts: 2793
Joined: 19 Jan 2006 08:47 pm
Gender: Female
Human Avatar: 155383
Location: Mystery Island
Contact:

Re: Mysterious new message

Post by Seerow »

I never got to actually see the PM here but I have the "you have 1 new message" at the top. Will that go away by itself after awhile or is there something I should do to get it to go away?
Wanna donate towards my drink gallery, the Golden Goblet.
Jazzy
Devil's Advocate
Posts: 2037
Joined: 04 Jan 2006 06:06 pm
Gender: Female
Location: a g-orbital
Contact:

Re: Mysterious new message

Post by Jazzy »

I've just had a rummage in the database to try and fix that - I can't tell if it worked because I didn't get the PM, so if people who did could have a look and let me know, that'd be handy :)


edit: mrrrr. Remember when I said he'd sent out 250? Well, I'm up to about 1,800 right now. Looks like part of the problem is that the PMs actually sent out vs the number the database thinks should have been don't match up.
Seerow
Posts: 2793
Joined: 19 Jan 2006 08:47 pm
Gender: Female
Human Avatar: 155383
Location: Mystery Island
Contact:

Re: Mysterious new message

Post by Seerow »

Nope, the message is still there.
Sorry you have to deal with this Jazzy, I can only imagine how much fun this must be.
Wanna donate towards my drink gallery, the Golden Goblet.
Jazzy
Devil's Advocate
Posts: 2037
Joined: 04 Jan 2006 06:06 pm
Gender: Female
Location: a g-orbital
Contact:

Re: Mysterious new message

Post by Jazzy »

If you click the "1 new message", does it change to "0 new messages" once it's loaded the inbox? If you've already tried this, make sure to try it again, because I've just deleted another lot of spam PMs/database references I'd missed.
EofS
Posts: 1741
Joined: 07 Jan 2006 09:16 pm
Gender: Female
Location: In your mind, eating the mental chocolate

Re: Mysterious new message

Post by EofS »

That's worked for me now (hadn't previously).

Thanks :0D
Image
Seerow
Posts: 2793
Joined: 19 Jan 2006 08:47 pm
Gender: Female
Human Avatar: 155383
Location: Mystery Island
Contact:

Re: Mysterious new message

Post by Seerow »

Yay it's gone now :D
*Gives Jazzy a plate of cookies*
Wanna donate towards my drink gallery, the Golden Goblet.
Stijn
Posts: 10
Joined: 21 May 2007 03:57 pm
Contact:

Re: Mysterious new message

Post by Stijn »

This is not appreciated! I was forced to login for the first time after several years, all for nothing!
Twofold Black
Posts: 774
Joined: 28 Mar 2006 06:40 am
Gender: Male
Location: Porn
Contact:

Re: Mysterious new message

Post by Twofold Black »

Well, you know, there's other content on the forum.
Image
Huggles
Feral Koala
Posts: 2508
Joined: 19 Jan 2006 03:56 am
Gender: Female

Re: Mysterious new message

Post by Huggles »

It was not all for naught. Behold!
Image
Jazzy
Devil's Advocate
Posts: 2037
Joined: 04 Jan 2006 06:06 pm
Gender: Female
Location: a g-orbital
Contact:

Re: Mysterious new message

Post by Jazzy »

If you're that offended by having to log in, I'd be perfectly happy to delete your account for you. No point me wasting my time to fix problems for people who are then just going to complain that I did. Would you have preferred the spam?
Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 31 guests