On 26 December 2012 16:24, RGB ES <rgb.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > Can you send me the list of servers, and the code you use off-list. That would let me check how to use it for Wiki.
thx in advance Jan I. > > Regards > Ricardo > > > > > > > > > /tj/ > > > > > > >
