Spammer Registrations

webmaster · 06-02-2011, 11:06 AM

Most regular visitors to the site don't realize the war against spammers that goes on behind the scenes. As the problem skyrocketed earlier this year I installed some software that compares the registration information and IP number to a spammer database and rejects any registration that matches the data in the database. In May the software rejected 38,083 registrations on this site. Unfortunately about 1000 or so still got through as the spammers change their IP number, setup yet another Gmail address and try to re-register on hundreds of forums. For each of the registrations that get through I have to lookup the IP and location and report it to the spammer database if it appears to be a spammer. This is really time consuming when I wake up to 30 or 40 new registrations. Usually only a few of those are legitimate.

This is the primary reason I can not allow immediate registrations and go through an approval step. If I didn't our forum would be flooded by spammers.

The reason I bring this up is I get a lot of questions and complaints about delays in approving new registrations. If you are a new member that hasn't been approved yet please drop me an email and I'll review and approve it right away. Otherwise it may take me a few days to get through the list.

It is astounding how many spammer registration attempts occur. Almost all come from Russia, China, Romania, India and other countries in that area. That does make them easy to spot. When the registration is from Romania it is a pretty safe bet they don't want to talk about Pop's.

06-02-2011, 11:06 AM	#1
webmaster Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,435 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 441 Thanked 3,729 Times in 825 Posts	Spammer Registrations Most regular visitors to the site don't realize the war against spammers that goes on behind the scenes. As the problem skyrocketed earlier this year I installed some software that compares the registration information and IP number to a spammer database and rejects any registration that matches the data in the database. In May the software rejected 38,083 registrations on this site. Unfortunately about 1000 or so still got through as the spammers change their IP number, setup yet another Gmail address and try to re-register on hundreds of forums. For each of the registrations that get through I have to lookup the IP and location and report it to the spammer database if it appears to be a spammer. This is really time consuming when I wake up to 30 or 40 new registrations. Usually only a few of those are legitimate. This is the primary reason I can not allow immediate registrations and go through an approval step. If I didn't our forum would be flooded by spammers. The reason I bring this up is I get a lot of questions and complaints about delays in approving new registrations. If you are a new member that hasn't been approved yet please drop me an email and I'll review and approve it right away. Otherwise it may take me a few days to get through the list. It is astounding how many spammer registration attempts occur. Almost all come from Russia, China, Romania, India and other countries in that area. That does make them easy to spot. When the registration is from Romania it is a pretty safe bet they don't want to talk about Pop's.

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