I finaly decided to remove the referal entries entirely, so now I use ban lists, and delete fake users on the spot. If you are unlucky enough to be in one of the following email lists, just tell me we will try to find a solution.
Banned email domains are:
- *@cashette.com
- *@ex3m.spb.ru
- *@fromru.com
- *@gawab.com
- *@isuisse.com
- *@mail.ru
- *@mail15.com
- *@usa.com
- *@yandex.ru
And by the way, it would be nice if people put some personal information, like where they come from, because when somebody registers with a three letter random nickname, does not post any messages, and link to some weird looking site, I can hardly imagine it's a legit person :p
Spam-bots and ad-bots
Spam-bots and ad-bots
Last edited by Dbug on Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:15 pm, edited 8 times in total.
- TheSpider
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Hiya Mickael,
Thanks for the heads up. I am an Admin on another forum (music based), and will keep my eye out.
Thanks for the heads up. I am an Admin on another forum (music based), and will keep my eye out.
Peter (TheSpider) Paterson
A Scotsman in Kentucky
http://thespider.oric.org
http://mintspider.blogspot.com
A Scotsman in Kentucky
http://thespider.oric.org
http://mintspider.blogspot.com
Since PHPBB Visual Confirmation code is a piece of garbage, I decided to hack in the code. So now it still displays the Visual Confirmation code, but it asks you to enter something else.
It's supposed to be the brand of the computer we are all talking about, which starts by a O and has four characters in total.
It's supposed to be the brand of the computer we are all talking about, which starts by a O and has four characters in total.
Re: Spam-bots and ad-bots
Well, that was an epic Spam Fest.
Positive thing: Now I know how PhpBB mass pruning works
Negative thing: PhpBB is really not very good
Please mark as spam the eventual messages I missed.
If you are a legit person and registered in the last 5 days, I'm sorry for you, just email me and I will recreate your account.
Positive thing: Now I know how PhpBB mass pruning works
Negative thing: PhpBB is really not very good
Please mark as spam the eventual messages I missed.
If you are a legit person and registered in the last 5 days, I'm sorry for you, just email me and I will recreate your account.
Re: Spam-bots and ad-bots
Got about 200 user requests a day for the last week, had to change the captcha question, hopefully that will help.
The problem is that I may have missed some genuine attempts at joining the forum.
The problem is that I may have missed some genuine attempts at joining the forum.