Guys and Girls, I can assure you that steps are being taken to sort this problem out. It is bloody annoying for us mods too and I can only appologise for the frustration caused at the moment. As I say, the sitution is being looked at behind the scenes here and hopefully normal service should be resumed shortly!
(As an aside though, how would you suggest dealing with people who post drivel on almost every thread every day?(Not in this forum by the way.....)
I ask out of curiosity really- I know how you all feel about this but how can we get around this avoiding the dreaded 300 second thing.....?)

lock the offending accounts?