Moderating new members for a while

[El Gordo]

I have admin status on another site and we also get loads of spammers registering to peddle their wares.

We find that they don't usually bother to post again or at least rarely, but the posts do attract a good source of amusing comment from members.

So, wondering Andy if you could leave them up for a while to see what occurs, maybe just clearing the bastards out once a week or so.

Dunno why they are targeting Luc though?

They're not targetting Luc. The spamming is done by automated bots. They roam the internet, looking for (in this case) vbulletin forums. When they find one, they go through a script which registers them on the site, then automatically sends a message. I don't know what the script is but it must say something to the effect of: 'Go to forum number 10 and post this message'. Whatever the identifier may be, it just so happens to be Luc's forum.

I hate spammers and I hate spam, and that's why I delete the posts and delete the users. I suspect there's no human intervention whatsoever so I don't know how satisfying it could be to make fun of them.

In deference to the esteemed SP, I'll not delete any for a short while "to see what occurs". It goes against the grain though. If LJS objects, I'll remove them sooner. I may just not be able to stand it, in which case I'll sweep them away. A word of warning -- please don't write anything even faintly interesting or long in reply to any spam messages as your erudite words will get wiped out along with those of the spam. Second word of warning -- if I'm offended by a particular piece of spam, it will go straight away. Sorry.