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March 15, 2010 at 8:05 am #68379
In reply to: Not a spammer but marked as a spammer?
janecParticipantOK…. I think I know the problem – members who do not click on the activation link will be marked as spammers automatically!
There is just one problem – when I test-registered with one of my email addresses (I used gmail) – gmail automatically trashed the confirmation email AND puts a big red warning sign that said the message was potentially a phishing email.
NO WONDER… my users are probably thinking that it was a fake email or a phishing email IF they even see the confirmation email at all.
Is this an issue that is being brought to attention with buddypress developers?
March 15, 2010 at 7:48 am #68377In reply to: Not a spammer but marked as a spammer?
janecParticipantthanks – but I am not on MU – I am on a regular wordpress v. 2.9.2 using the buddypress plug-in.
The same thing is happening for another one of my sites where I am using a buddypress plug-in for wordpress 2.9.2. That new user was marked as a spammer even though she is definitely not one!
March 15, 2010 at 7:41 am #68376In reply to: Not a spammer but marked as a spammer?
Brajesh SinghParticipantIf you are on Wordoress Mu
Dashboard->SiteAdmin->Users
search his username and check it, then there is a button above the listing for Not Spammer, that should do it.
March 15, 2010 at 4:48 am #68361In reply to: BP mark as spammers acts wierd in 1.2.2.1
djsteveParticipantThanks for the info Paul!
March 15, 2010 at 12:58 am #68331In reply to: Spam, Spam and more spam
David LewisParticipantI wonder if attempting to rename bp-core-signup.php might help. Who know how many things I could break though. LOL.
Anyway, I just duplicated the /registration/register.php file in my child theme and completely deleted this line… maybe that will help
<p><?php _e( 'Registering for this site is easy, just fill in the fields below and we\'ll get a new account set up for you in no time.', 'buddypress' ) ?></p>
March 15, 2010 at 12:48 am #68329In reply to: Spam, Spam and more spam
David LewisParticipantOkay… I am STILL getting SPAM registrations. I’ve done the following:
- Changed signup slug
- Installed hashcash (works with BP now)
- Disabled “Allow blog administrators to add new users…”
- Deleted BuddyPress credit in footer.php
- Deleted wp-signup.php
- Created a robots.txt file to disallow robots from my signup slug
Any more ideas? Short of Catcha? Altho’ I’m thinking even that won’t work.
March 14, 2010 at 11:24 pm #68315In reply to: Spam, Spam and more spam
David LewisParticipantFYI… Elliot updated wp-hashcash for BuddyPress.
March 14, 2010 at 8:36 pm #68281In reply to: Spam, Spam and more spam
Andrea RennickParticipant“It’s not any ONE fully qialified domain for me… it’s dozens of different domains all ending in .info.”
Yeah, I know, Believe me, we’ve gone around in circles over that one issue in the mu forums. I’ll have to dig up the command.
A lot of plugins like hascash are recommended because they work. I see a lot of people not try them because they think it’s just for comments. On most sites I’ve tried it on, it just works.
March 14, 2010 at 7:45 pm #68270In reply to: Links Problem in header
kiwipearlsParticipantYou might like to get some anti bot plugins from wordpress. I have WordPress MU and Buddypress and use the following plugins to prevent bots from joining my site.
WP-SpamFree – An extremely powerful anti-spam plugin that virtually eliminates comment spam. Finally, you can enjoy a spam-free WordPress blog! Includes spam-free contact form feature as well. http://www.polepositionmarketing.com/library/wp-spamfree/
WPMU Super Captcha – Custom captcha program made to stop spam bots cold in their tracks. Features audio, word files, or random text. You configure it! https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/super-capcha/
Or go to http://www.wordpress.org, click on extend and find them there.
March 14, 2010 at 7:25 pm #68266In reply to: Spam, Spam and more spam
David LewisParticipantOkay… I just installed wp-hashcash and pasted in the function mentioned near the top of page 1 of this thread. Let’s see if that stops the *$^#%&@ SPAMers :o)
March 14, 2010 at 7:07 pm #68265In reply to: Spam, Spam and more spam
David LewisParticipantThanks Andrea_r
So can you tell me how to block signups from anyone with a domain that has a .info extension? I’m sure that 99.9% of people with .info domains are SPAMers. I found the “Banned Email Domains” setting in WPMU but cannot find any documentation about how to use a wildcard or regex in that field. It’s not any ONE fully qialified domain for me… it’s dozens of different domains all ending in .info.
I’ve done everything in my list above (except CAPTHA or Hashcash) and I’m STILL getting signups from these bastards. Maybe I should try Hashcash. You’re right, the htaccess rule above did nothing. Driving me CRAZY!!! Buggers.
March 14, 2010 at 5:30 pm #68250In reply to: Spam, Spam and more spam
Hugo AshmoreParticipantIn MU, there *is* an option to block certain email domains. There’s a funny way to put in wildcards though.
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Thing is Andrea that doesn’t appear to make a blind bit of difference, we had a number of signups from half a dozen email domains repeated over and over, easy I thought, first line of attack drop those domains in the block list. Didn’t do a thing those same email domains kept coming through. I suspect that when someone looks into it they will find that BP registration bypasses this check somehow! sadly!
March 14, 2010 at 5:08 pm #68246In reply to: Spam, Spam and more spam
Andrea RennickParticipantThat won’t harm anything, but it won’t stop signups from that domain, just requests.
In MU, there *is* an option to block certain email domains. There’s a funny way to put in wildcards though.
March 14, 2010 at 4:29 pm #68239Andy PeatlingKeymasterThis should probably happen. Even so, if you mark the blog author as a spammer, it will also mark the blog as spam and remove all the posts.
March 14, 2010 at 4:22 pm #68236In reply to: bunch of ideas….
Anonymous User 96400Inactiveas has been said to you many times before. if you don’t want to use forums, then turn them off. and please don’t spam the forums every chance you get with your comments about forums and bbpress. by now we’re all well aware of your opinion. cheers!
March 14, 2010 at 3:00 pm #68225In reply to: Spam, Spam and more spam
David LewisParticipantSo to sum up:
- Change your signup slug
- Add some required custom profile fields (or use the hashcash trick posted at the start of this thread)
- Disable “Allow blog administrators to add new users to their blog via the Users->Add New page”
- Delete BuddyPress credit in footer.php
- Delete wp-signup.php
- Create a robots.txt file with User-agent: * Disallow: /register/ (or whatever your slug is)
- If all else fails, use CAPTHCA or preferably a simple random question (what colour is snow)
Am I wrong or missing anything?
Also… all of my SPAM registrations were coming from .info domains. I added this to my .htaccess file but I’m not sure it’s correct. I found a million examples via Google search for how to ban full domains or subdomains… but nothing about blocking an entire extension (i.e… whatever.info). Anyway, this is what I wrote:
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} \\.info$
RewriteRule .* - [F]March 14, 2010 at 2:05 pm #68222Paul Wong-GibbsKeymasterThis is currently done when a user is marked as a spammer; this probably is best to go on https://trac.buddypress.org/ as an enhancement ticket.
March 13, 2010 at 8:35 pm #68167In reply to: BP mark as spammers acts wierd in 1.2.2.1
Paul Wong-GibbsKeymasterWhen a user is marked as a spammer, all of their Activity data is deleted in the database. There’s no way to retrieve. They essentially start out as new users as far as BuddyPress is concerned; they’ll need to log in or edit their profile, etc, in order to appear throughout the site (on the members directory, for example).
March 13, 2010 at 6:02 pm #68134In reply to: Spam, Spam and more spam
Andrea RennickParticipant“The only other way I can think of is that a member is “inviting” them via the “Allow blog administrators to add new users to their blog via the Users->Add New page.” on the WPMU options page, so I’m going to disable that as well now.”
That’s one of the first things I turn off.
March 13, 2010 at 4:26 pm #68112In reply to: Spam, Spam and more spam
nightowl99ParticipantI must be overworked or hallucinating. Signups are disabled, wp-signup was deleted some time ago, and they are still creating new accounts and blogs as we speak! How is this possible? For a while I kept entering the ip s in wp-ban and had given up on that plugin, but I noticed it caught about 600 attempts in the last 24 hrs. Still, a few dozen got through anyway.
The only other way I can think of is that a member is “inviting” them via the “Allow blog administrators to add new users to their blog via the Users->Add New page.” on the WPMU options page, so I’m going to disable that as well now.
We’re still a relatively small and young community and all these restrictions and jumping through hoops is hurting us.
March 13, 2010 at 2:07 am #68057In reply to: BP Album+ : my new plugin for pictures
francescolaffiParticipantMarch 13, 2010 at 12:33 am #68052In reply to: Spam, Spam and more spam
David LewisParticipantI’m starting to get hit now :o( I have had a custom slug for weeks. I added a robots file today disallowing bot access from /my-signup-slug/ and also installed invisible defender but I’m still getting spam registrations. I also just deleted my wp-signup.php file. I’m going to try hashcash. I’m also considering a htaccess file that simply bans ALL traffic to the entire website from Russia, China and any .info domains.
March 12, 2010 at 1:08 pm #67943In reply to: Spam, Spam and more spam
Hugo AshmoreParticipantGoogle ‘robots.txt file’ for starters
March 12, 2010 at 12:48 pm #67940In reply to: Spam, Spam and more spam
March 12, 2010 at 12:44 pm #67939In reply to: Spam, Spam and more spam
Andrea RennickParticipantBlock the registration page from the search engines. JUST the register page.
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