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- Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:22 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Spam Reporting and Abuse Policy
- Replies: 184
- Views: 35412
SAG, are you really a modorator at sleepapnea,org? It's not quite as informative as this forum, but at least you don't have to sift through cussing, insults, mud-slinging, ego maniacs, name-calling, and opinion bashing to get to the information you need. Freedom of speech should be tapered with civ...
- Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:18 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: VCD - Anyone know if it will prevent my using my machine?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2360
I had VCD and Gerd. I was treated in Denver for both, and one of the treatments for VCD is a breathing technique that forces air back down against your vocal cords. IF your VCD is not treated, you might see an APAP hit the top all the time as it is seeing the blockage as an apnea event. With straigh...
- Tue Sep 05, 2006 4:33 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: New Spam Protection: A Sad Day For Guests
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6522
Its unfortunate that spammers force us to do this, but the alternatives are more restrictive. This effort should take care of about 90% of your spam (if your site is getting the same spammers that we are) I would also suggest changing the variable that agrees to the coppa. This does not make it more...
- Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:02 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Spam attack overwhelming this time. Gave up swatting them.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2980
Spammers have one goal. Get their product out on as many sites as possible period. Efforts to stop that are ALWAYS met with resistance. The key to to raise the bar high enough so it is not worth their effort to continue. The only effort here per se has been reactive, not proactive. This does nothing...
- Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:42 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Spammers- Help Johnny
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4995
- Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:37 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Spammers- Help Johnny
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4995
Tom There is a solution... Unfortunately because it is coming from me, it is ignored. It is a shame because my solution puts no burden on the users, and still allows guest posting. http://www.cpaptalk.com/viewtopic.php?t=12799&start=19 The best way to fight spam is to not allow them in the door. Onc...
- Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:48 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Call For Feedback: My New Guest Idea
- Replies: 39
- Views: 10407
At the risk of getting slammed, here is a suggestion. There is one commonality between 99% of the spam mail. Hyperlinks. Spammers want to link to their sites. The solution is to not allow hyperlinking by guests. If someone wants to link to something, then they can register. I am sure there will be s...
- Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:50 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Anyone tried tongue and throat exercises?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6816
Comparing the Didgeradoo study with throat exercises isn't really a fair comparison. I had the opportunity to discuss that study with someone who reviewed it, and is a good friend of the person that did the study. Dr. Rappoport was intrigued by the results, but as of yet, they are not sure exactly w...
- Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:23 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: How much does it leak when you open your mouth?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3948
Brent, There is another possibility. There was a person on here a WHILE back that used to get clusters (not with the leak tho) And it turned out to be an issue with acid reflux. The bigger question is, are you seeing anything scored as nonresponsive in those clusters? After a large leak, I would thi...
- Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:16 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Please, a SPAM filter
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4076
I suggested it a while back but it didn't go anywhere... Visual Confirmation. Its a built in feature of phpbb. This takes care of the register bots. (you will still get folks manually registering then spamming, but those accounts are easily found and blocked.) You also have to proactively block IP r...
- Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:22 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Venting Time (AKA Unintelligent OSA Remark Recieved)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3903
Yes I did, because he posted it a few weeks after this one was posted. (Darn time machine never seems to work right... ) (this post Feb 03. The other Thread Feb 22) And I was talking in regards to UP3, specifically. MMA is successful, and if necessary I would do it while I was young, as it is a roug...
- Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:54 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Venting Time (AKA Unintelligent OSA Remark Recieved)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3903
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Cory, You already tried one treatment method (at least reversible) that is not suggested for your level of OSA, don't follow it up with another that isn't reversible! I would DEFINITELY not go the surgical route!! (Not unless you like squirting fluid out your nose, and all the other problems, not to...
- Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:47 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Mysterious Posts
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4488
It is a bot (robot script) that goes around to ANY board running a particular software. We have the same problem on our forum. Limiting guests to not posting only takes care of some, but most of the nasty posts were actually by a bot that registered as users. I suggested a way to handle that here bu...
- Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:18 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Where to sell a used CPAP machine?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 23587
- Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:07 pm
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Where to sell a used CPAP machine?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 23587