2012/12/26 TJ Frazier <tjfraz...@cfl.rr.com> > 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? >
I see the same situation indicated by Andrew: my IP does not change every time, but it change. > > 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? Sure! About blocking spammers, I think a best bet is to ban disposable email servers: on the ES forums there was a time on which we received several spammers a day, each publishing several messages with the same patterns. Then I realized that those spammers were using a disposable email server and after consulting with the other voluntaries we banned that server. Then the spammers came with a second, and then with a third... and then they disappeared: our list of disposable email servers is of only seven and we are almost spam free now. Regards Ricardo > > > /tj/ > > >
