Comments on: Ning allows spammers to abuse their system http://blog.mcohen.me/2009/07/11/ning-allows-spammers-to-abuse-their-system/ Reality has a liberal bias. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 02:30:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mike http://blog.mcohen.me/2009/07/11/ning-allows-spammers-to-abuse-their-system/#comment-1139 mike Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:09:25 +0000 http://mcdevzone.com/?p=4864#comment-1139 That isn't the only one - it's just a typical one which I happened to receive yesterday morning. I got a second very similar spam from a different name later yesterday. I have my Ning settings to NOT send ANY emails but I still get them. In fact almost all of the spams that get past Gmail's filter is from those Ning spammers. Blocking that specific member site doesn't help (I do that whenever I get one of these), since every day I get another one from a different spam site. What I really want is a way to prevent ANYONE from inviting me to a group and preventing ANYONE who is NOT a friend from emailing me. That isn't the only one – it's just a typical one which I happened to receive yesterday morning. I got a second very similar spam from a different name later yesterday. I have my Ning settings to NOT send ANY emails but I still get them. In fact almost all of the spams that get past Gmail's filter is from those Ning spammers.

Blocking that specific member site doesn't help (I do that whenever I get one of these), since every day I get another one from a different spam site. What I really want is a way to prevent ANYONE from inviting me to a group and preventing ANYONE who is NOT a friend from emailing me.

]]> By: Laura http://blog.mcohen.me/2009/07/11/ning-allows-spammers-to-abuse-their-system/#comment-1138 Laura Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:38:32 +0000 http://mcdevzone.com/?p=4864#comment-1138 Hi Mike, We work hard to prevent abuse of our invitation system. Email verification and recipient limits help with prevention, as well as internal tools. That said, people find ways around these, and I apologize that they've made their way to your inbox. You can block messages from a network by clicking the link listed at: To control which emails you receive on gidion Kalu, go to: <a href="http://XXX.ning.com/?xgo=vzzzzz" rel="nofollow">http://XXX.ning.com/?xgo=vzzzzz</a> We appreciate you reporting abuse of the platform to abuse@ning.com, or the Help Center - <a href="http://www.help.ning.com/?go=contact" rel="nofollow">http://www.help.ning.com/?go=contact</a> where our team can respond. Thank you! Laura Gluhanich Director of Support, Ning Hi Mike,

We work hard to prevent abuse of our invitation system. Email verification and recipient limits help with prevention, as well as internal tools. That said, people find ways around these, and I apologize that they've made their way to your inbox.

You can block messages from a network by clicking the link listed at:
To control which emails you receive on gidion Kalu, go to: http://XXX.ning.com/?xgo=vzzzzz

We appreciate you reporting abuse of the platform to abuse@ning.com, or the Help Center – http://www.help.ning.com/?go=contact where our team can respond.

Thank you!
Laura Gluhanich
Director of Support, Ning

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