I can see if a post has been reported in my fora but not in others. I tend to look at the latest member name when I log in - most of the spammers are easy to spot that way and quickly check the threads in my fora. I was not on much over the past two weeks due to UCAS deadlines and open evenings at my school - I usually do check most does as do most of the other mods.

I agree-the spammers are annoying but as many of them are automated systems it can be hard to find a fail proof way to screen them out short of moderating posts

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I think it's very likely that the postings are automated - a computer somewhere searching the internet for phpBB forum servers and trying to create an account automatically. Where it's successful it uses the account to post a message, then moves on.

And I've always supposed that several (perhaps even many) of the 'identities' come from the same source...

Some of them come in from the same IP address if they get in at the same time. That IP address is then banned ... but they can generate/use another one fairly easily, so while that works with 'real' people that are trolling, it isn't so much use for the automated ones like these b**** kitchens!

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Re sheepdog idea, following on from what KB said, when I joined the sheepdog thing was still going, but the message from my sheepdog didn't ever reach me (can't remember who it was!). So she would have thought I was either shy, rude or a spammer when actually I hadn't had the message.

We have various captchas and questions that people need to respond to before they join - it stops a large number but obviously a couple get through a day. If you google it, it's a well known problem affecting forums like the CBB (and even bigger forms like MSE) and there isn't really a solution and so we just have to put up with it. Most of the mods come on every day so they can delete the posts as and when they appear.

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Would it be possible for the links to the SDL to open in a new browser window autimatically?
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So that you are left logged into the CBB still

That would require the links to be programmed differently, and the mods that are on the board day-to-day are not empowered to do that. But if you right-click on a link, you should get the option to open in a new tab, or a new window, so you can do it for yourself, if that's the best way for you.

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