Warning and banning isn't enough?! :shock:mark5019 said:forums hanging some
Well they asked for it.AV8R said:Warning and banning isn't enough?! :shock:mark5019 said:forums hanging some
I do this on 3 sites that I manage. Once I got a good list built up with some pretty broad ranges, the spam slowed way down to just several comments per day where it was once 200-300 per day.Gunstar1 said:I think it is because of the recent ip bans I have been doing because of spammers. I will contact support and see if there is a better way to do it than the htaccess file. (I got tired of banning the individual spammers so I started banning the ranges for entire countries.. the file is kind of large now)
That's awesome! How big is too big for the .htaccess file? If I go about blocking all the places I need to, that's gonna be a hefty file.Match10 said:
The country ip blocks website says you just have to check your performance after adding them to see. My htaccess is now nearly .5 mb but I saw a little slowdown after I first did it when it was around .25 mb.AV8R said:That's awesome! How big is too big for the .htaccess file? If I go about blocking all the places I need to, that's gonna be a hefty file.Match10 said:
The thanks for cleaning goes to the Moderators. I have only been throwing them out and trying to keep them out. The mods are the ones cleaning up the mess.EJR914 said:Interesting, GS1. Thank you for doing such a good job with the spammers. There certainly has seemed to be a rash of them, but as a whole, you have done an excellent job of keeping them off of this site.
This looks great, thanks.Match10 said:Sadly, I get hundreds popping up at new addresses as fast as I slap them. I approve every one, then send them to a moderated forum where I observe the first five postings, after that, they are promoted if they behave themselves. Some even know this, and wait until ten posts to spam my forum.
You can do a lot with the folks here too:
http://stopforumspam.com/
There are a couple of phpBB addins that are effective I hear. (I use some of the vBulletin ones.)
Gotcha. They have been doing a great job at moderating. I've noticed that their threads are very quickly being locked when reported.Gunstar1 said:The thanks for cleaning goes to the Moderators. I have only been throwing them out and trying to keep them out. The mods are the ones cleaning up the mess.EJR914 said:Interesting, GS1. Thank you for doing such a good job with the spammers. There certainly has seemed to be a rash of them, but as a whole, you have done an excellent job of keeping them off of this site.
I noticed it as well. That's really cool. Problem seems to be solved.mountainpass said:Yep I just noticed!
What is the IP...? I am having a heck of a time with one or two there, and cannot see something wrong.... They look legit. ...Yet my spidey-senses are tingling.Gunstar1 said:I have already seen one ip in brazil be banned.