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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