On 12/25/2012 21:51, RGB ES wrote:
2012/12/26 TJ Frazier <tjfraz...@cfl.rr.com>
@jan,
Can you process the user creation log for today, and send me (off-list)
the user names and email addresses? I've already blocked two new spammers,
and I'm deeply suspicious of the other new accounts. Any ISP involved will
be hearing from me.
Do I assume correctly, that something (Apache server?) can be configured
to reject IP addresses or ranges? If so, do you do that, or do we need to
go through Infra?
As a general rule I don't think that banning IP's is a good idea: most
people on the Internet have dynamic IP connections. I remember some years
ago that I was blocked from entering a comment on the extension site: the
IP I had at that time was banned because "used by spammers"... some days
later when my IP changed again I was able to log-in and post comments
without problems...
Regards
Ricardo
Hi, Ricardo,
I thought that anyone on a dial-up connection got a dynamic IP, but
anyone on a broadband line got a permanent IP. Is this wrong?
From my moderator work, I think certain ISPs should be blocked
entirely, because they are non-responsive to spam complaints; the
Burkina-Faso government ISP comes to mind, but there are a few others.
Most of the big U.S. ISPs have been very cooperative.
Since you are a sysop, you are welcome to help fight the spammers
directly. If I encounter an ISP with a Spanish-only web site, can I ask
you for help with it?
/tj/
