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 Post subject: Yahoo/GMail/AOL Registrations
PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:10 pm 
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I'm banning all gmail and AOL registrations for the time being. The bulk (at least 90%) of the spam registrations that I have been receiving are coming from gmail/AOL accounts. Until I can find a workaround, please contact me if you have a gmail or an AOL account and want to register for the forums.

I have also had to ban other free email accounts. If you want to register for the boards and you get a message that says that your email address is disallowed, please contact me.

horror.world@gmail.com

Thank you for you patience and understanding.


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 Post subject: Re: GMail Registrations
PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:40 pm 
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I hate Spammers! :<

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 Post subject: Re: GMail Registrations
PostPosted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:25 am 
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Me too. On the overnight I'll usually get 50-60 registrations that have to be reviewed and deleted and then another 25 or so throughout the course of the day. I spend way too much time cleaning them off the registration page since I have to keep the DB size under a certain level or the boards crash


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 Post subject: Re: GMail Registrations
PostPosted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:30 am 
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Wow! That's really too much! Is there a way to just block the gmail spammers from registering without having to delete them?


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 Post subject: Re: GMail Registrations
PostPosted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:52 am 
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That's why gmail registrations are currently banned. Big difference between Tuesday night and last night. Only 8 registrations vs. 55!


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 Post subject: Re: GMail Registrations
PostPosted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 3:24 am 
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Thanks Nanci for "keeping it clean" :v


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