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'''Open OutHistory,org in FIRST WINDOW''', then click on "Recent Changes"
  
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Click on entries that look like they come from an email address that might be spam.
  
Check Recent Entries for spam.
 
  
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Copy the spam entries into an email addressed to the technical team (Cidamon Grp) and Coordinator
  
Copy the spam entries and send them to the technical team so that in future they can block them automatically.
 
  
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Delete the spam entry.
  
To block the spammer, open new window (so the main window will remain unchanged when you block the spammer).
 
  
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'''Open OutHistory.org in SECOND WINDOW''' (so that the main window will remain unchanged when you block the spammer).
  
Some spam entries are blocked by automatic technical means.
 
  
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Click on "Recent Changes"
  
Other spam entries have to be deleted manually.
 
  
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Block the spammer address that has just been deleted.
  
Blocking the user will not delete the spam.
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At the end of the spam copying process, email the spam entries to the technical team so that they can in the future block the spammer automatically.
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'''Notes:''' Some spam entries are blocked by automatic technical means. Other spam entries have to be deleted manually. Blocking the user will not delete the spam.

Revision as of 19:45, 31 December 2008

Open OutHistory,org in FIRST WINDOW, then click on "Recent Changes"

Click on entries that look like they come from an email address that might be spam.


Copy the spam entries into an email addressed to the technical team (Cidamon Grp) and Coordinator


Delete the spam entry.


Open OutHistory.org in SECOND WINDOW (so that the main window will remain unchanged when you block the spammer).


Click on "Recent Changes"


Block the spammer address that has just been deleted.


At the end of the spam copying process, email the spam entries to the technical team so that they can in the future block the spammer automatically.


Notes: Some spam entries are blocked by automatic technical means. Other spam entries have to be deleted manually. Blocking the user will not delete the spam.