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Spammers with temporary email generator
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2 votes
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Lately I have been dealing with a new breed of spammer, one that signs up for the board and a couple of days later will start to post the spam. In several cases I know it is the same person because of the required information they use when registering. Each spammer has the ability to use a different IP address and registers with a different email addresses each time, (temporary email generator). How about the ability to send repeat confirmation emails to all users (until confirmed x times) over a period of days to months. After the email is confirmed x times the user does not receive any more confirmation emails. (thus possibly eliminating those that use temporary email generators)
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2 Comments
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x_Stricken_x, 30th August 2011, 6:05:26 AM
So real people need to confirm their account multiple times to prove they aren't a spammer? Screw that. Everyone is so quick to offer a solution, but we need to work on *preventing* the spammers; not making it harder and more hassled for *real people*.
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Dr._Zorro, 19th September 2011, 8:23:21 PM
If someone is spamming, you can block their IP if they are from a known spamming country. You can also block their e-mail address. I realize this is not a permanent fix but will make the spammer jump through more hoops to spam again.
I have been having a lot of hackers/spammers from the former Soviet Union so I block their IP address when they signup. It has slowed it down but I think they are using proxy servers now. They cannot post until I approve them so I don’t know why they keep trying – assuming it is the same person/persons.
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