i see we have a spam bot on the site

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i see we have a spam bot on the site

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hi i see we have a spam bot randomly posting on here i dont know if the site has a spam blocker but here is a link to a good free spam blocker called askimet http://akismet.com/

i hope this helps
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Re: i see we have a spam bot on the site

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Yeah I'm on it. I'll toughen up the CAPTCHA (funny letters you have to type in).
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Looks more likely to be a person. Deleted their account and posts. Hopefully they won't bother us again.

The site should be able to stop most spam bots.
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ah right not good fingers crossed its sorted it now

yeah i know they are always weird aint they
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