Are others experiencing flurries of completely off-topic comments from an anonymous, non-member?
I have had about a dozen completely random comments on HUBS today from a user who has no account or is not signed in. I have my settings set to "only signed in users can post" so none of these comments actually showed up on the page, and I just deleted them all and tagged them as spam, but why the heck would someone do something so stupid? What's up with that?
All you have to do is go into "my account", then click "Profile", then click "Email Settings". UNcheck the box next to "Allow others to contact you?" and then click Save Changes. This will instantly eliminate all of your non-member spam issues for good.
I have trouble believing that's correct. Won't that just prevent other members from being able to contact me privately?
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