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jcc7



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 2:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the tip.
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michaelp



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 6:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

2 more:

http://www.dsource.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3750

http://www.dsource.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4165
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jcc7



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I took care of them.
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michaelp



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 6:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

5 more:

http://dsource.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=807

http://dsource.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=909

http://dsource.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4275

http://dsource.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5375

http://dsource.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3740
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jcc7



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 6:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

They've been cleaned out. Thanks for the tips.
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michaelp



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://dsource.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3655

http://dsource.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2179

http://dsource.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3091

http://dsource.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5129
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jcc7



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 11:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the tips.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:58 pm    Post subject: Spam Reply with quote

I strongly feel that spam is a hurdle in the smooth functioning of any system. Too much spam has led to misinterpretations and chaos.
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Abscissa



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 3:15 pm    Post subject: kill cainiao1988 Reply with quote

The username cainiao1988 has been running rampant spreading spam all over these forums. There's 146 spammings by him so far:

http://www.dsource.org/forums/search.php?mode=results&search_author=cainiao1988
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jcc7



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the tip! I'll work on cleaning up this mess.
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brad
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've changed the board to have 'admin' approve all newly registered users, so that has helped going forward. And I spent time last week clearing out all the spam users who registered from 10/18 back through most of September.

But this guy must have been registered earlier than that. I have a script to zap users and their posts, for anyone with access.

Code:

$ psql -Udsource

dsource=> select zap_user('cainiao1988');
   zap_user   
---------------
 user_is_toast
(1 row)

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brad
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It seems like spam is really down since I've been approving new users. Are others seeing the same thing?
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jcc7



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

brad wrote:
It seems like spam is really down since I've been approving new users. Are others seeing the same thing?
I deleted some spam messages from a few months ago in the last couple days, but I don't think there's been any new spam.

I'm not quite sure that I understand how the new system is supposed to work. Does the new system set the "User is active" setting to "No" for every new account? And the admins have to set it to "Yes" before the new users can post messages? (Often I can't tell that an account is a spammer until they start posting spam.)
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brad
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I asked the newly registered users to shoot me an email (see home page). It's convoluted, for sure, but I doubt spammers are going to send a separate email to me to get activated.

For anyone emailing me, I just flip them to active.
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jcc7



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

brad wrote:
I asked the newly registered users to shoot me an email (see home page). It's convoluted, for sure, but I doubt spammers are going to send a separate email to me to get activated.

For anyone emailing me, I just flip them to active.
Oh, okay. I get it now.

I think the new system will cut down on spam significantly.
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