... and as a further measure against zombie threads...

[MrAnchovy]

... can you just delete spam rather than replace it with a message that keeps it at the top of the thread list in its topic? Or failing that, date the message the same as the last non-spam post on the thread so it stays down the list?

Good one!

Here's another one - at least two people have had their time wasted by not not noticing that this thread is six years old!

LOL, forgot the link...

... this thread is six years old!