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Okay, this is getting completely out of hand.

I've always let everyone link to another forum for information but this is getting to be obvious spam. Since we started in Feb. of 2006, I've removed at least 500 incidents of obvious spam links to golfmkvcom. This month, I've removed over 100 and it is only the 14th. Most I catch as soon as they hit but a few slide by. Because no one has all the information available at one site, I still have no problem with someone linking to another site. (IF IT IS VALID TO THE POST, AND THE INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE HERE) I am asking you to please refrain from linking to them if possible just because of the spam issue. If I do remove the link and you think the link is valuable to another member, let me know and I'll work with you.
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Freddie, I caught one of those random spam-link posts yesterday too and deleted it. It was posted by a non-registered guest. You need to make it impossible for guests to post without registering. And then you (if you don't have already) need a registration system that makes you type what you see in one of those funky pictures with letters and then require e-mail activation. That'll keep the spambots out.

Also, does the shotbox on the left require registration? If not, watch out. A buddy of mine had one on a forum like this and it just got spammed to hell. They even put code into the spambox that caused everyone who loaded the page to re-direct to another site.
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