Karsten Bräckelmann wrote: > This won't work out. It's how it used to be... > > There's a reason, pastebins (just like URL shortener services) are > implementing spam filtering and various other spam/bulk counter- > measures. That's because they have been abused by spammers. > > Creating a dump to put your spam is like an invitation to spammers, a > free pay-load hosting service to point URLs in spams to. That's exactly > what happened, and subsequently the services got listed on RBLs while > they have been abused.
It seems like a simple solution is to password protect the paste bin... with a user name and password p in clear view. Pastebins don't make for a good presentation of spammers' content since they only show the raw text. So what are spammers after? The answer is simple---they want links. A good paste bin ought to have meta tags telling the search engines to not index the page. But spammers won't notice that and will still try to post. If the page is password protected (even with the password in plain view), then it becomes obvious to all but the dumbest that the page is off-limits to search engines. This is a good thing because such a paste bin wouldn't be used as much by spammers, won't possibly convey "good reputation" onto a spammer's web page, and will still be easily accessible to those using it for legit purposes. -- Rob McEwen http://dnsbl.invaluement.com/ r...@invaluement.com +1 (478) 475-9032
