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Spam in my user comments?

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Lady Saiga posted on Tue, Jul 17 2012 7:30 AM

For many months now, I get nearly daily emails from the Mises forum along the lines of "great blog post...(link to cheap Viagra)".

Logging back into my user, I find that these are coming from the "My Comments" section of my user.  What's going on here?  How can I stop them?

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I've already deleted all those comments, BTW.  I didn't think that would help going forward, but I didn't want all that in my profile!

 

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William replied on Tue, Jul 17 2012 11:59 AM

Try going to the "Edit" section when you sign in

Go To "Site Options"

Then "disable comment notifications" - I'm guessing that will at least help with the emails

or you can just turn off all email notifications completely

"I am not an ego along with other egos, but the sole ego: I am unique. Hence my wants too are unique, and my deeds; in short, everything about me is unique" Max Stirner
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Yeah, that spam happens. Not sure what you can do about the spam filter not catching them. I just clear them out occasionally.

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But they have such good deals...

At last those coming came and they never looked back With blinding stars in their eyes but all they saw was black...
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Wheylous replied on Wed, Jul 18 2012 12:15 PM

I clear them out after applying for the deals for myself and all you guys (you'll get the bills soon).

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As long as I get my hands on some of those sweet deals like "exterior doors", "dissertation ghost writers", and "Vietnam airline tickets"!

At last those coming came and they never looked back With blinding stars in their eyes but all they saw was black...
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Made me lol :P

yes

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Got some from this, this and this fella. Deleted, please deal with them appropriately.

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And as a bonus, got a big comment about shoes from this account.

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