The quick and dirty way:
I use a specific email server (mine; running surgemail) for all wiki mail. For archival purposes I take a copy of ALL mail for the domain and stored it in a special email account, Yes I have noticed similar and its just so easy to force a redirect rather than just a copy so they never get the email to authenticate. If they are serious you will get a complaint and can investigate and watch like a hawk, personally I have never received a complaint.
GS
On 4/12/2010 8:01 AM, Clayton wrote:
I'm busy tidying up spam on the OOoWiki on a fairly regular basis. The OOoWiki uses several tools to block/stop spammers (BadBehavior, the spam RegEx etc.)... it's working most of the time, but the spammers still get in and vandalize pages several times per week. I've been poking around and discovered that a lot of the spammers (who create an account just to post a URL link) are using Mailinator dot com to create a one-time-use throwaway email address to receive the Wiki user authentication email.
Is there any practical way of blocking new users from using specific services like Mailinator? Is there a better way of dealing with situations like this?
C.
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