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General Discussion => Forum updates => Topic started by: TheNorm on August 05, 2018, 08:29:37 PM

Title: Spam Invasion
Post by: TheNorm on August 05, 2018, 08:29:37 PM
Anything we can do to curb this a bit? Wiped out a bunch yesterday, only to see a bunch more pop up today.
Title: Sorry for the spam guys
Post by: rollntider on August 06, 2018, 10:54:22 AM
I cleaned it up and working on preventing those jokers from signing up again.
Title: Re: Spam Invasion
Post by: rollntider on August 06, 2018, 10:54:52 AM
Quote from: TheNorm on August 05, 2018, 08:29:37 PM
Anything we can do to curb this a bit? Wiped out a bunch yesterday, only to see a bunch more pop up today.

working on it. Was a busy weekend sorry for that
Title: Re: Sorry for the spam guys
Post by: BojackHorsefella on August 06, 2018, 11:12:50 AM
Figured you were spending the weekend with the family rather than working on here. No problem Tider. Thanks for the fix!
Title: Re: Sorry for the spam guys
Post by: Crewe on August 06, 2018, 11:41:54 AM
yea, just see that it doesn't happen again ;-)
Title: Re: Sorry for the spam guys
Post by: rollntider on August 06, 2018, 02:43:56 PM
Quote from: Crewe on August 06, 2018, 11:41:54 AM
yea, just see that it doesn't happen again ;-)
:P
Title: Re: Sorry for the spam guys
Post by: BojackHorsefella on August 06, 2018, 03:11:46 PM
It happened again.


I blame Crewe. Obvious false flag.
Title: Re: Spam Invasion
Post by: TheNorm on August 06, 2018, 09:57:16 PM
No worries man, figured you had a life lol  :P
Title: Re: Spam Invasion
Post by: rollntider on August 06, 2018, 11:40:38 PM
thanks folks, I banned on email domain, they kept using the same domain.
Title: Re: Spam Invasion
Post by: rollntider on August 07, 2018, 10:57:18 AM
I added an email verification and it did not work, now I added admin approval. Lets see if that works.
Title: Re: Spam Invasion
Post by: Crewe on August 07, 2018, 01:12:16 PM
cool man
Title: Re: Spam Invasion
Post by: rollntider on August 07, 2018, 02:36:00 PM
well that may do it. I created a test account, and it would not let me do anything until I approved the account.
Title: Re: Spam Invasion
Post by: rollntider on August 10, 2018, 10:56:21 AM
Just a quick FYI Norm is now an admin. Thanks to the spam bots Norm got the promotion and it is long over due.

Thanks Norm for your help.
Title: Re: Spam Invasion
Post by: Crewe on August 10, 2018, 11:50:06 AM
and the plot twist would be that norm initiated the spam bot ;-)
Congrats norm
Title: Re: Spam Invasion
Post by: BojackHorsefella on August 10, 2018, 11:52:46 AM
Quote from: Crewe on August 10, 2018, 11:50:06 AM
and the plot twist would be that norm initiated the spam bot ;-)
Congrats norm

Somebody get Robert Mueller on the phone, stat!
Title: Re: Spam Invasion
Post by: TheNorm on August 11, 2018, 09:34:36 AM
Lol...thanks all.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Spam Invasion
Post by: rollntider on August 12, 2018, 02:07:15 AM
the IP addresses were Russian..... :stirpot: