spam crap WTF?

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  1. Nathan Sitko - 625 TAD/TAFC

    Nathan Sitko - 625 TAD/TAFC TAD / TAFC

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    Hey Will,

    What the heck is with all the spam attacks the last few days? I think I deleted like 10 posts just this morning between the Pit Buzz section and the Classifieds section. I would have got the ones in the Tech Questions section but for some reason hav lost the ability to moderate in that section only:confused:.
     
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    Nathan Sitko - 625 TAD/TAFC, Nov 14, 2008
  2. secondwindracing

    secondwindracing top alcohol

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    Nathan,here is what looks to be one of the bad eggs..he goes under this handle
    cshaobu656563
    thanks Dave Lowe
    www.myspace.com/daveloweswr
     
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    secondwindracing, Nov 15, 2008
  3. Woodchip

    Woodchip Top Alcohol Dragster

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    you can ban an entire ip range if its coming from japan or somewhere wheres theres obviously no interest in alky racing. I get jap email spam generated within my own site from a construction estimate requests form i use. so i just edit my htaccess file and ban the lot of them.
     
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    Woodchip, Nov 15, 2008
  4. Will Hanna

    Will Hanna We put the 'inside' in Top Alcohol
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    spam

    they come in spurts, and murphys law would have them hitting it while i'm at the track and on the road. it's a weird deal. they're pretty easy to spot when they register, and they are usually dormant for a day or so before they start spamming. usually i check the new registrations daily and delete the user before they hit.

    luckily so far it's been relatively harmless spam....

    i read up on some methods such as limiting how quick a new member can register. ie, you have to wait 30 seconds to hit 'register'. some of these bots do it pretty quick, so thats one way of weeding them off.

    oddly enough, they only pick on the alcohol site. they don't mess with the comp and bracket board.
     
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    Will Hanna, Nov 15, 2008
  5. secondwindracing

    secondwindracing top alcohol

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    Will your doing a good job...thanks Dave
     
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    secondwindracing, Nov 16, 2008
  6. Bob Perkins

    Bob Perkins New Member

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    Alcohol

    The word ALCOHOL gets there attention,YOU know nothing about that so
    i will explain that to you someday will.

    BOB
     
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    Bob Perkins, Nov 19, 2008
  7. Russ Parker

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    Seems to have more to do with ease of registration. I'm a moderator on the fishing website www.kokaneefishingforum.com and we went through about 6 weeks of getting hammered by the spammers. I banned hundreds of phony members and countless threads pushing viagra and porn. The admin was finally able to tighten up the registration process and things have finally settled down.
     
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    Russ Parker, Nov 19, 2008
  8. Izzy

    Izzy New Member

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    Did someone mention ALCOHOL???
    LOL
     
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    Izzy, Nov 19, 2008
  9. Hokes Racing

    Hokes Racing Moderator

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    I think that the only way you can keep people like that out is by having it set were you have to approve them. I have a couple sites setup like that and you can keep a lot out.
     
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    Hokes Racing, Nov 20, 2008

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