MNHQ here <waves> re. spam

[RowanMumsnet]

Hello

Just to let you know that we are dealing and exterminating; thanks for all the reports. Hope you'll understand if we don't have time to come on to all the various different threads about this right now.

[MmeLindor]

Rusty
problem is, you would have to be a MNetter already to know that the answer to 'What kind of ham do you like', should be 'naice'.

We could have some kind of pregnancy related questions.

[RustyBear]

Wasn't me that suggested the ham, Mme!

I don't know a lot about how spam bots work, but maybe you could have a question like the ones for the competitions, where you have to answer a comprehension-type question based on a page that's linked to (eg the meaning of one of the acronyms). Or could a spambot cope with that?

[ShowOfHands]

I know they're busy but do you think a sticky on this thread might help stop the multiple 'what are mnhq doing/do they know/are they up' threads?

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

Dh agrees that MNHQ should post the originating email addresses so we can spam them back. I am tempted to go through every thread posting, 'Oh do fuck off, there's a dear' - but I suspect that would be a total waste of time.

[Dawndonna]

Unfortunately, posting 'oh do fuck off, dear' really is a waste of time. It's not a person.

[IamtheZombie]

Posting anything on any of these threads just bumps them back up the Active list. There are more than enough new ones still going up to swamp Active as it is. Please just report.

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

You are right, Dawndonna. I might have enjoyed it the first few times, but that is all.

[Tee2072]

Mine was not a serious question for consideration!

All they are hoping to accomplish is delay and confusion...and I've been watching too much Thomas...

[LineRunner]

I think a good MN registration question would be, 'How much does Peter Andre love his kids?'