07-15-2018, 08:23 AM | #1 |
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Update: Massive Spam Attack
Controls are in place to deal with the massive influx of Korean spam we've experienced lately and they seem to be effective, judging by last night. Whew!
We now return you to your regularly scheduled forum. [Update: One or two are still getting through the shields. If it's a mass foreign-language spam in General Discussions, we will get to it as soon as possible, please do not bother to report the spam to use. pdurrant.] Last edited by pdurrant; 07-16-2018 at 01:26 AM. |
07-15-2018, 11:31 AM | #2 |
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Thank you.
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07-15-2018, 12:00 PM | #3 |
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07-15-2018, 12:38 PM | #4 |
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07-15-2018, 12:46 PM | #5 |
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Thank you very much!
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07-15-2018, 02:15 PM | #6 |
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Happy to see this. Thanks for all the work. I'm trying to figure out what the ultimate object of this SPAM was supposed to be.
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07-15-2018, 04:05 PM | #7 |
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Great! Thank you!
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07-15-2018, 04:35 PM | #8 |
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I noticed that last night. Nice job, folks!
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07-15-2018, 04:36 PM | #9 |
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Well done. What are the controls that are dealing with the spam (if you don't mind my asking)?
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07-15-2018, 05:33 PM | #10 |
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Bravo
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07-15-2018, 06:02 PM | #11 |
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Mostly controls which occur during the registration phase. They have been quite effective, but lately, spammers figured a way around them, partly due to a logical bug in the code introduced by yours truly.
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07-15-2018, 06:14 PM | #12 |
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As an early riser on the US east coast who frequently sees the spam, I add my applause.
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07-15-2018, 06:26 PM | #13 |
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I only rarely saw it, and that if I was up way too late, but I'm quite glad to hear that you've got controls in place. The work load for the mods was getting to be significant.
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07-15-2018, 06:36 PM | #14 |
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07-15-2018, 06:56 PM | #15 |
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Thank you all for your diligence with this problem.
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