Weird spam with forge related addresses?
Christoph Boeckle:
Hi
I was receiving tons of that spam as well on my yahoo account (which is the address given with my Forge account). A recurring pattern in the email subject was "RE:" followed by a single funny character (scientific symbols for male and female, stars, smiley, etc.) Since one or two days I'm not getting these mails any more.
lumpley:
Could you all check something for me? Up at the top of the screen, hit "profile," then on the left hit "account related settings." There's an option called "hide email address from public?"
While you've been receiving this spam, has your email address been hidden from the public?
Thanks!
-Vincent
David Artman:
I have not hidden the email from public (but I have changed its redirect to head to my spam account).
What would the email accomplish if hidden? Let's the forum and admins notify us?
lumpley:
Yes.
As far as I can tell, the database is secure. The spam is almost certainly just bots trawling users' profile pages.
-Vincent
Erik Weissengruber:
Could you make a warning for new members to the site?
Or why not disable the option of having public emails entirely?
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