On 12/25/2012 23:18, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote:
On 12-12-25, at 21:51 , RGB ES <rgb.m...@gmail.com> 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
I asked Florian of the Doc.Foundation what strategies they use to combat spam.
No magic ballistic object. Just vigilantes.
-louis
Hi, Louis,
Thanks for the comparative info. We have a fine crew of volunteer
vigilantes, but I want to try playing offense instead of defense.
/tj/
