8:23 p.m.
Hi everyone,
I’ve killed about a dozen spambots on secretmaryo.org today and it’s
still some really large number invading and conquering them. I think we
can’t hold them back any longer; I’ve tried to grant sydney admin
access, but it turned out that I don’t have sufficient rights to do
so, only FluXy can.
I think we have reached the end of it now. We can’t defend any
longer. Let us leave those forums to the enemy and turn your eyes
forward towards TSC! We need our personal resources more in developing
and promoting TSC than in fighting this army of Orks of Sauron, errm,
Spambots that’s up front there, infinite and neverending.
My plan is as follows: In a last attack, we delete all the spambots and
posts that are currently on the forum if possible. Then, I will lock the
registration and place a last, prominent announcement on the forums that
they are officially abandoned now. Finally, I will delete my own account
(with posts not being deleted) and encourage anyone of you with
moderation rights to do the same so you are not hold liable later on for
content spambots may still post there when they find ways to overcome
the locked registration.
And that’s it then. After we all have left, only FluXy can ever open up
the forums again.
Valete,
Quintus
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11:51 p.m.
Post via forum by sydneyjd <sydneyjd(a)openmailbox.org>:
Ok Quintus. Will do. I will start cleaning up tonight.
-Sydney
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10:10 a.m.
Hi everyone,
to clarify: it is possible to delete accounts on a phpBB forum without
deleting the associated posts. I was making this suggestion so that any
further spam posts who make it to the site cannot be linked to us
moderators being to relaxed with their duties. The phpBB version on on
secretmaryo.org is dated and is aging more and more as nobody updates
it. This is why I have the fear that even though registration is locked,
spambots will find their way around this, and we can’t prevent it.
Valete,
Quintus
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2:27 p.m.
Post via forum by datahead <cjj_009(a)yahoo.com>:
I was originally wrong about the deletion of old posts, but I think it will delete
users' graphic icons when their accounts are deleted. I would still suggest waiting
on deleting accounts until we do another site scrape. As long as a site scrape is
looming, people tasked with that work will see spam bots if they break through again.
For now I think the registration lock is sufficient.
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7:27 p.m.
automailer(a)forum.secretchronicles.de writes:
Post via forum by datahead <cjj_009(a)yahoo.com>:
I was originally wrong about the deletion of old posts, but I think it
will delete users' graphic icons when their accounts are deleted.
It doesn’t really “delete” them because there are no avatars stored on
the secretmaryo.org server (as opposed to our forum). The avatars are
only referenced from external web pages by a link you add to your
profile. Hence, if ouy delete the profile, the link gets lost, and thus
the avatar vanishes.
As a side note, I regard that bad programming practise. It reveals the
IP of people surfing the forum to other servers unexpectedly, which is a
privacy issue. That’s the reason why Chessboard doesn’t allow such
things. I’m going to change Gravatar handling a bit also to better
preserve privacy in this regard.
I would still suggest waiting on deleting accounts until we do
another
site scrape. As long as a site scrape is looming, people tasked with
that work will see spam bots if they break through again.
For now I think the registration lock is sufficient.
So I’m going to lock the registration now. Or try to. I don’t know if I
have sufficient rights to do that. If not...
Vale,
Quintus
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11:29 p.m.
Post via forum by datahead <cjj_009(a)yahoo.com>:
[quote]Hence, if ouy delete the profile, the link gets lost, and thus the avatar
vanishes.[/quote]
Yes, this is the part that's my concern. These displayed avatars are useful in a site
scrape.
Honestly, if anyone gets legally charged for excess spam, it probably will be the owner of
the site. I doubt they would go after moderators. There are a lot of people with
moderator rights who have either not used the site in a long time or have otherwise not
moderated in a long time. Statuses such as "Team" are also useful when browsing
the site and would probably likewise be lost during the deletion of accounts. Avatars are
useful, too.
If people wish to delete their accounts, though, it is their right to do so. I just
wanted to offer my thoughts.
-datahead
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3:48 p.m.
I have disabled registration of users now (2015-01-13 15:46 UTC). Let’s
hope that this stops the spambots.
Vale,
Quintus
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4:22 p.m.
Hi everyone,
after the brute force action of disabling the registration, has the
amount of spam secretmaryo.org suffers from reduced noticably? Or does
it just continue as it was before?
Valete,
Quintus
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6:37 p.m.
It has dropped dramatically Quintus. :)
-Sydney
On 01/29/2015 11:22 AM, Quintus wrote:
Hi everyone,
after the brute force action of disabling the registration, has the
amount of spam secretmaryo.org suffers from reduced noticably? Or does
it just continue as it was before?
Valete,
Quintus
7:47 p.m.
Theoretically, once all the "straggler spam bots" are banned, it should stop
completely :)
-datahead
On Thursday, January 29, 2015 1:39 PM, Sydney Dykstra
<sydneyjd(a)openmailbox.org> wrote:
It has dropped dramatically Quintus. :)
-Sydney
On 01/29/2015 11:22 AM, Quintus wrote:
Hi everyone,
after the brute force action of disabling the registration, has the
amount of spam secretmaryo.org suffers from reduced noticably? Or does
it just continue as it was before?
Valete,
Quintus
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