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We don't have any tools for locating threads 2+ years old so not sure how we can do that prior to a thread being resurrected by a spammer.
90% of the time (maybe more) when an old thread is brought to life then it's a spammer. By the time we've edited the subject thread it's no more time just to delete the spammer's nonsense, delete the account and send the thread back to where it came from. One or two clicks of the mouse does it.
Spam is frustrating for all but if people could not respond to a spammer in a thread then it makes our job a bit easier as to deal with the spammer we have to remove what other people have written as well.
If an old thread that is redundant gets brought back to life by a spammer then we can lock it. For example "Should I buy a Mondeo TDCI or Laguna dCi with my £20k car allowance"? Or whatever they cost back in 2004. However, this may not achieve anything as they will spam another unlocked thread.
At least all that automated nonsense seems to have stopped. How's that for tempting fate...
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