Why did i get b**ll*cked for spamming??

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   I have just tried replying to a letter in the NE section and got bombed out for spamming. Can anyone explain why this would happen? Apart from being a dodgy ham type grunge, what is the 'nets definition of 'spam'?
Darren.

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DarrenW Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 09-December-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 34	Topic: Why did i get bllcked for spamming??* Posted: 30-December-2002 at 21:28
	I have just tried replying to a letter in the NE section and got bombed out for spamming. Can anyone explain why this would happen? Apart from being a dodgy ham type grunge, what is the 'nets definition of 'spam'? Darren.

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Webdunk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Moderator Group M3 GT Register Joined: 16-October-2002 Location: Central Scotland Status: Offline Points: 5245	Posted: 30-December-2002 at 23:35
	Darren, best bet would be to take this up with the forum moderator. The forum has some built in software which will try to prevent posting the same text in multiple places - it will disallow this under the banner of 'spam' - this may be what you experienced.... According to Demon, spam is "Unwanted or unsolicited email duplicated to many people at once, usually advertising goods or offering services. Deeply frowned upon by most Internet users." However, it can be more generically used to describe misuse of fora such as this. HTH, Duncan


kbannon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group E39 525i Sport Individual Joined: 09-October-2002 Location: 64 Zoo Lane Status: Offline Points: 15508	Posted: 31-December-2002 at 11:11
	Webdunk is correct - there is a facility that I set up on the forum to prevent 'spam'. This disallows more than one post every 20 seconds and no more than 5 posts every 8 minutes. This is to prevent certain sources bombarding the board with spam. What probably happened you was that you clicked submit to post a message and then as it was happening so slowly you clicked it again resulting in the forum thinking you tried to post 2 messages within 20 seconds. Apologies for the inconvienence but it is a necessary evil.
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DarrenW Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 09-December-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 34	Posted: 01-January-2003 at 14:42
	Killian / Duncan, Thanks for the replies. I did press the post button twice as it didn't appear to respond the first time. Now that i know better i will be a little more patient next time. Sounds like a very sensible block that has been set up. This is something new that i have learnt. All the best for the new year, Darren.