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Bad Behavior mod - The Web's premier link spam killer (Now with SMF 2 httpBL)
HiramAbif:
I have a question. I have guest posting enabled and there is one dude who is maliciously spamming my board using what I believe to be imacros. Would this stop someone who floods the board with the same topic over and over again? Thank you.
kizer:
How does the email work on the ERROR 403 message? Meaning I really dont' want to give out my email address so I can go from a web spammer to a victim of email spam
butchs:
--- Quote from: HiramAbif on April 21, 2010, 05:15:33 PM ---I have a question. I have guest posting enabled and there is one dude who is maliciously spamming my board using what I believe to be imacros. Would this stop someone who floods the board with the same topic over and over again? Thank you.
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The mod does not check the number of posts it checks to see if the bot is bad. If the dude is a real spammer chances are he will not be able to even get on your board. But if he is a normal person playing games then you will need to use other measures.
butchs:
--- Quote from: kizer on April 21, 2010, 06:37:58 PM ---How does the email work on the ERROR 403 message? Meaning I really dont' want to give out my email address so I can go from a web spammer to a victim of email spam
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The mod does not give out your email as a normal email. If your email is admin@yoursite.com it shows admin at yoursite.com. A human/ spammer will have to correct and type it in order to be able to send you a message. So the chances are low that you will get spammed.
This is included so that regular users can contact you for access. For example, someone you know logs in and gets ERROR 403. They can then use this error to send you a message and get placed on the whitelsit by you. If you did not give them a method to contact you, they will never be able to log in.
The email listed is from the "Webmaster Email Address" listed in "admin -> server settings -> general -> Webmaster Email Address". It is not recommended but, if you do not want your email address showing up leave the above setting blank.
butchs:
Further clarification on my last post (It was late and I was tired).
Attached is a copy of what the spammer will see when they are caught.
If the spammer clicks on [nofollow] "admin at eastcoastrollingthunder.com" [/nofollow] then they will record [nofollow] "admin at eastcoastrollingthunder.com" [/nofollow]. Which will not send an email to your site.
But if one of your members click on it their email program will pop up and they will have to fix the address before it the message is sent.
Whatever you do, do not use your personal email address as the "Webmaster Email Address". Besides being a modified return address in ERROR 403 the "Webmaster Email Address" is used to report forum errors and as a return email address for all the Newsletters that you send. If a spammer is a member they can harvest your email address. Instead use an email address specifically for your forum that has some sort of spam filter installed or run it through a email forwarding service. Most people use one of the free address provided by the hosting company for the forum admin email address. In many cases, the hosting company offers a configurable spam filtering system that you can use before you forward the message to your real email address. Then use the forwarding system provided by their hosting company to forward the message to a real email address. I do the same thing but I forward my admin to a email forwarding service [nofollow]http://pobox.com/[/nofollow] that has a spam filter that in turn forwards the cleansed message to my real email address.
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