Love spells!

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

Ask yourself the following question...

What's more likely:

1) Those mechanisms are already in place, and what you see is the tiny fraction of the spam that gets through, or

2) After 20+ years of running a board, Morrus would still be running them without the basic mechanisms for keeping spam at bay that come with the software package, and YOU are just the nerd to educate him?

Geeksplainers. Teaching their grandmothers to suck eggs since the birth of the internet.

Oy... maybe read the rest of the thread first, and look on others with a more gentle gaze. It's Christmas Eve! Save the crustiness for Boxing Day

 

[Umbran]

Oy... maybe read the rest of the thread first, and look on others with a more gentle gaze. It's Christmas Eve! Save the crustiness for Boxing Day

Having stepped in a hole, the best bet is to... keep digging it deeper?

After condescendingly presuming that after decades we are collectively technically incompetent, you get called on it. Then, in defense, you...

Presume I haven't read the thread.
Presume I'm not Jewish, or something, such that Christmas Eve is a relevant appeal.

And use those presumptions to try to shame me into cutting you slack, while you unapologetically continue the behavior?

Batting a thousand there. No gentle gaze for you. Expect coal in your stocking.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

Having stepped in a hole, the best bet is to... keep digging it deeper?

The irony here is rich...

After condescendingly presuming that after decades we are collectively technically incompetent, you get called on it.

Is that really what happened? Here's a hint... it isn't!

Presume I'm not Jewish, or something, such that Christmas Eve is a relevant appeal.

What are you talking about?

And use those presumptions to try to shame me into cutting you slack, while you unapologetically continue the behavior?

Oh my god... my man, please stop.

Batting a thousand there. No gentle gaze for you. Expect coal in your stocking.

What an awful thing to say to someone. I'm not sure what's going on in your life or with your day right now, but please... take a breath. I'm not upset with you. But your behaviour is pretty strange, to say the least.

 

[Koloth]

As a retired IT person, filtering is one of those thankless tasks that gets the most attention when there is an oops. Delicate balance between too much and not enough. Made worse these days by folks getting better at using variants of AI to try zillions of ways to bypass protections.

Thanks and good job to all that keep this place running and mostly trouble free.

 

[Umbran]

Edit to add: Don't want to pretend I didn't say this, so I won't delete it. But, I'm letting it drop. Have a good one, folks.

Is that really what happened? Here's a hint... it isn't!

Here's a hint - from where I sit, it is.

Now, you can just decide I'm pants-on-head crazy, or figure, "Wait, maybe this guy has a point, and I might be served well to figure out what it is..."

Your choice.

What an awful thing to say to someone. I'm not sure what's going on in your life or with your day right now, but please... take a breath. I'm not upset with you. But your behaviour is pretty strange, to say the least.

Because, the way this has gone on, you figure trying to tell me what to do yet another time is going to help matters?

Sheesh. It's like concrete.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

Now, you can just decide I'm pants-on-head crazy, or figure, "Wait, maybe this guy has a point, and I might be served well to figure out what it is..."

I suggest taking your own advice here.

Because, the way this has gone on, you figure trying to tell me what to do yet another time is going to help matters?

Let me guess... you have something to do with board security? Is this where this is coming from?

Sheesh. It's like concrete.

I could say the same honestly.

Look, I am genuinely not upset with you. You've got something up your nose... that's clear. You are letting that get the better of you though. Just take a minute and take sight of things.