Newbie Restrictions

[EEVblog]

Due to some abuse of the PM function, newbies are now not allowed to send messages.
So you need 5 posts to get to the next level to get that functionality.

[Dubbie]

Good idea.

[tautech]

Dave, can I ask about the Move Topic feature ?

Has it been announced, if so where, and might it be a good idea to add mention of it to one of the Newbie stickys ?
BTW, it's a nice addition. 

[ataradov]

This is awesome, I get a lot of people using PM as forum to ask generic questions and do their homework.

[tpowell1830]

Should stop hit-and-run spammers.

[PA0PBZ]

So you need 5 posts to get to the next level to get that functionality.

So that delays the spam for like 5 minutes?

[ataradov]

So that delays the spam for like 5 minutes?

There are very few spammers here that leave more than one message. They will give up before they try to get 5 legit posts. Those monkeys doing the spamming are not that smart.

[PA0PBZ]

So that delays the spam for like 5 minutes?

There are very few spammers here that leave more than one message. They will give up before they try to get 5 legit posts. Those monkeys doing the spamming are not that smart.

It depends on the message they get when they try to send a PM, if it says you need 5 posts...

[janoc]

Spammers are often automated bots - someone creates a bunch of throwaway accounts and then uses a bot to mass-post crap.

[Brumby]

This is better than what we had before and hopefully we won't have to increase the threshold.


Let's see how it goes.