So is this the answer to the problem then? Delete a thread complaining about spam with a large number of replys rather than post a detailed response to how your going to deal with the problems. Please enlighten us - I joined this forum in 2008, it would be a shame to have to terminate my membership under these circumstances.

Dear Tester,

We are currently working on the spam problem so trying to keep threads about it to a minimum while we work on the problem. Your thread has been hidden, not deleted, and we will unhide all threads soon after we have sorted out our system.

Sorry about the inconvenience guys and we hope to have solved this problem VERY soon. It's just as annoying for us as it is for you, promise!

Ok thanks. If you need more moderators please let us know, as I know some of us will be happy to do it.

What Tree said. However I am more than happy to have my cheeky little thread complaining about spam removed if it actually results in no spam. :D