Forum spambots
Mar 14, 2019 12:01:30 GMT
Post by Herve Sors on Mar 14, 2019 12:01:30 GMT
As some of you have already noticed, some forum spambots have appeared here since a couple of months, most coming from Russia and a few from Indonesia
By now, I have deleted those, usually within 12 hours
However, if things become worse, I will have to apply more restrictive spam prevention rules, such as
- mandatory email registration and manual registration approval for each account
- denial of registration for certain domains that are a major source of spambots, or even domain extensions such as .ru and a few others
- manual examination of new registrants for several indicators (delayed email confirmation)
- and a few other blacklisting techniques
Be sure I will regret not being able to accept any longer guest login in such a situation, especially for those belonging to these spamming countries
Hervé
By now, I have deleted those, usually within 12 hours
However, if things become worse, I will have to apply more restrictive spam prevention rules, such as
- mandatory email registration and manual registration approval for each account
- denial of registration for certain domains that are a major source of spambots, or even domain extensions such as .ru and a few others
- manual examination of new registrants for several indicators (delayed email confirmation)
- and a few other blacklisting techniques
Be sure I will regret not being able to accept any longer guest login in such a situation, especially for those belonging to these spamming countries
Hervé