On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:17:21 +0100, Hugh Watkins wrote: > we volunteer adminstrators delete / conceal such messages as soon as spotted I'm sure you do. I didn't mean to imply that administrators are anything less than vigilant. I only meant that such attacks happen faster than the admin staff can cancel the messages. It's inevitable really, as there are far more spammers than there are list administrators. My apologies for the (unintended) insult. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" There's no point in asking you'll get no reply Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:07:22 +0000, Brad Rogers wrote: > I'm sure you do. I didn't mean to imply that administrators are anything > less than vigilant. I only meant that such attacks happen faster than the > admin staff can cancel the messages. It's inevitable really, as there are > far more spammers than there are list administrators. If someone is subscribed to a list/message board, places an ad, then usubs again, nothing will stop the ad going through. Certainly with regard to the lists, an admin can't delete or conceal any ad themselves. The only thing an admin can do in such a case is contact the Help-Desk to get said ad removed. The boards are slightly different in that I believe the admin can remove ads themselves. It's only when a non member of a list tries to place an ad that a list admin can discard it so that it doesn't get seen.