Help:Spam

DELETING SPAM and BLOCKING SPAMMERS

You need Sysop (System Operator) status in order to delete spam and block spammers. Apply to the technical team for Sysop status.

1 Open OutHistory,org in first window.

2 Click on "Recent Changes".

3 Check "Discuss" entries as they are usually the depository sites of spam.

4 Note the characteristic email addresses from which spam is sent.

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

6 Copy each of the spam entries into a word document to be sent to the technical team and Project Coordinator after all the current spam is collected and deleted from the site, and the spammers blocked.

7 Delete the spam entry after it is copied.

BLOCKING SPAM FROM SECOND WINDOW

8 Open OutHistory.org in SECOND WINDOW

9 Click on "Recent Changes"

10 Block the spammer address that has just been deleted.

11 When all the current spam is copied into a Word document, email the spam entries to the technical team so that they can do what they can to block the spammer.

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.