Spammers and trolls
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Spammers and trolls
Right, my forum has been attacked by a really persistent spammer (more accurately a "troll", but that's internet speak). I've noticed he/she's using a spam mail service called "mailinator" that changes his/her e-mail address every few minutes, allowing them to create massive amounts of accounts, which he/she then use to spam my forum. Is there a way to block registrations that use e-mails from certain providers (In this case, it has a few domains, primarily bobmail.com)? And if there isn't, it really should be added.
Thank you.
Edit: I forgot to mention he/she is using a proxy, so IP banning won't work.
Thank you.
Edit: I forgot to mention he/she is using a proxy, so IP banning won't work.
TehIsaac- New Member
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Re: Spammers and trolls
I don't think there is something you can do about it but try this => A-CP => Users & Groups => Users >> Users options >> New accounts activation: by Admin and save.
See if that helps.
See if that helps.
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Re: Spammers and trolls
You could also try banning the bobmail.com addresses. Go to your Admin Panel>Advanced>Users & Groups>User>Ban Control>Users>Ban email address>type *@bobmail.com into the little window. Click Add.
Hopefully that will help to keep any emails using that address from registering. Repeat for other @xxxxx.com addresses using an * as a joker.
Hopefully that will help to keep any emails using that address from registering. Repeat for other @xxxxx.com addresses using an * as a joker.
Re: Spammers and trolls
I suggest you to keep banning him and also ban his e-mail as the members suggested above, add more moderators if possible to keep the forum clean.
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