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To: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) who wrote (6025)	2/5/2013 7:08:18 AM
From: Lahcim Leinad	1 Recommendation Respond to of 6035

I believe most SI members are sophisticated enough to discern the difference between a genuine SI poster's link and a newbie spammer's lame attempt at circumventing the anti spam rules of SI, by spelling out their spam destination, longhand. In other words, I believe my suggestion is a step in the right direction. Feel free to disagree with me, as usual. Oh, but first, please come up with a better solution. Sick and tired of reporting spammers to you. TIA!

To: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) who wrote (6025)	2/5/2013 9:44:01 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6035

My two cents is that disallowing links will for sure lessen the effectiveness of spam (i.e. people might impulsively click on a link but will draw the line at having to type words into their browser address bar), but not the initial volume. The key word here is "initial" because it's a toss-up whether this loss of effectiveness will be a deterrent for the spammer to continue a wasted effort going forward. The only way to find out for sure is to try the idea and see if it works. Consider this approach like turning on a spam shield. A spam attack triggers it. While the shields are down, "real" new posters who need to post links can simply message the admin for a waiver. When the spam attacks stop for a period of time, the shields are lifted and everyone can post links freely again. If the idea doesn't work, or if a better approach is found, then consider this experiment over. - Jeff