[server-admins] mvnForums / tomcat

[Chris Little]

Spam seems to be increasing. Now we've begun to get reply posts that say 
something like "Thanks for posting this." but include spam links in the 
signature. So spammers are becoming a bit more inventive.

--Chris

Manfred Bergmann wrote:
> Were there many spam posts lately? I didn't actually noticed them.
> Anyway enabling the activation was a good idea.
> 
> 
> Manfred
> 
> 
> Am 09.09.2009 um 05:49 schrieb Chris Little:
> 
>> Since we've been getting a lot of spam on the forums lately, I've just 
>> enabled require_activation on the forums. Unactivated users won't be 
>> able to login/post. Activation, I assume, is just a check for a valid 
>> email address, but it will pose a small barrier to spammers.
>>
>> I have also sent out emails to the 744 unactivated accounts requesting 
>> that they activate, and will delete all unactivated accounts in 1 
>> week. Lots of these are spammers or other non-posters who aren't 
>> actually involved in the forums in any sense.
>>
>> --Chris
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> server-admins mailing list
>> server-admins at crosswire.org
>> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/server-admins
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> server-admins mailing list
> server-admins at crosswire.org
> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/server-admins