True indeed, but the actual issue is they multiply like cockroaches of new accounts.
I assume they might even using a different IP for each and keep bugging the others.
Apparently, it has been spread from "PM only" to "Visitor Messages".
Perhaps, someone intently attacked this forum, it's probably safe to assume they're using several bots doing so.
People will now need ten posts to send PMs/VMs. This seems to be the work of a single person targetting a small subset of our members, but to stem further abuse limiting who can send PMs/VMs is nevertheless a good idea.
I don't know if this is related or not but is this somehow causing google to mark this site as malware? I've had a lot of trouble trying to get into the site even if I turn off 'protect bla bla' in chrome settings