[Request] Help fight spam together! - Page 17 - maemo.org

Texrat | # 161 | 2011-09-20, 03:51 | Report

I'm tolerant of a LOT of things.

Spam is NOT one of them. Especially robospam.

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danramos | # 162 | 2011-09-20, 04:00 | Report

Originally Posted by ejasmudar View Post

I thought that quote orginated from Kent Brockman (Simpsons http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-for-...ew-x-overlords)

Anyway, what a relief from spam now!
thanks texrat and reggie

You're probably right--I was under the impression it was a Smith quote--it certainly seems like something he would say... but I can't seem to find anything about him saying it, now that I'm looking around. Good catch! Thanks for pointing that out!

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danramos | # 163 | 2011-09-20, 04:01 | Report

Originally Posted by Creamy Goodness View Post

If you didn't try already I would log the http requests at a low level to see if there is some some unique string they use for the user-agent or some other http header field. Bot authors are stupid and lazy IMO, they might have some crap in there you can just block from apache...

Is there any way we can turn the spam into some form of amusement? :P

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qwazix | # 164 | 2011-09-20, 04:25 | Report

Originally Posted by danramos View Post

So now owning a device will be the new requirement? :P I think not. Good try, though.

even without a device these questions are easy, I didn't say ask for the user agent of the browser nor the bt mac address (though I admit I thought about it)

a google image search should be enough

mrsellout | # 165 | 2011-09-20, 06:15 | Report

Originally Posted by danramos View Post

Is there any way we can turn the spam into some form of amusement? :P

Well you could watch the damned football.

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onethreealpha | # 166 | 2011-09-20, 06:26 | Report

Originally Posted by mrsellout View Post

Well you could watch the damned football.

call that football? surely you jest?
Have you not heard of Rugby Union?

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danramos | # 167 | 2011-09-20, 06:28 | Report

Originally Posted by mrsellout View Post

Well you could watch the damned football.

...Or, we could watch an argument over the term "football" itself. Both are equally banal entertainment.

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onethreealpha | # 168 | 2011-09-20, 07:08 | Report

Originally Posted by danramos View Post

...Or, we could watch an argument over the term "football" itself. Both are equally banal entertainment.

Hey!
I resemble that remark!

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Reggie | # 169 | 2011-09-20, 14:09 | Report

Posting this here as well from an email that was sent to me directly:

Originally Posted by

Level 1 can be guessed once in 4 attempts

I have increased this to 6 images. Also, note that the images are not fixed and they randomize from an image pool of about 30.

Originally Posted by

Level 2 is trivial (regex extracts '' enclosed strings easily).

I've changed this to Captcha.

Originally Posted by

Level 3 is always Nokia, and therefore trivial.

It can be trivial if you are a maemo fan. Spambots just compile a list of forums and their automated software would do its thing. The key here is to change the question frequently -- say every month.

Thanks.
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There are several spammers still getting in. Note that we can't block those who manually register (as human), but we do check their current IPs from a global database of recent spammers.

Ok, one more change. Members that are not Active Users (less than 5 posts) will go through Captcha when posting a new thread or replying to an existing thread. They will not have the Quick Reply option (that appears at the bottom of the thread) as well.

Last edited by Reggie; 2011-09-20 at 14:20.

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afaq | # 170 | 2011-09-20, 14:14 | Report

Excellent. Hopefully that works.

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