How to bar spammers from my messageboard?

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How to bar spammers from my messageboard?

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plonkeroo View Member Profile	Dec 30 2004, 01:10 AM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 30-October 04 From: Southport, Britain Member No.: 4,333	I use a virtual server (Easyspace) for my small website and use CuteFTP to upload stuff. There are a couple of guys who keep spamming my messageboard and I have to keep deleting their posts. Is there an automatic way to bar them. I suspect some entries in the .htaccess file might do the trick possibly? -------------------- plonkeroo Just my twopenn'orth Plonky's Newslines http://plonkeroo.eucom.nu/ Internet Abuse http://www.celticsurf.net/webscape/abuse.html

ColdinCbus View Member Profile	Dec 30 2004, 06:09 PM Post #2
Forum Regular Group: HJT Team Posts: 312 Joined: 30-June 04 Member No.: 1,120	plonkeroo, if you would be so kind as to PM me the information you have on your spammers, I would greatly apprecate it. If you have their IP addresses you can limit access with .htaccess , you may also want look at the e-mail addresses and see if there is a simliarity in those too. What BB software are you using? -------------------- Calendar of Updates - Keep Your Security Software Current With Upgrades, Updates & Definitions.

plonkeroo View Member Profile	Jan 20 2005, 08:08 AM Post #3
Member Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 30-October 04 From: Southport, Britain Member No.: 4,333	QUOTE(ColdinCbus @ Dec 30 2004, 11:09 PM) plonkeroo, if you would be so kind as to PM me the information you have on your spammers, I would greatly apprecate it. If you have their IP addresses you can limit access with .htaccess , you may also want look at the e-mail addresses and see if there is a simliarity in those too. What BB software are you using? Further to the PM, the offenders are now being listed and updated here http://www.celticsurf.net/webscape/evildoers.html The idiots are still spamming my messageboard! -------------------- plonkeroo Just my twopenn'orth Plonky's Newslines http://plonkeroo.eucom.nu/ Internet Abuse http://www.celticsurf.net/webscape/abuse.html

plonkeroo View Member Profile	Feb 9 2005, 06:46 AM Post #4
Member Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 30-October 04 From: Southport, Britain Member No.: 4,333	Relocated to http://www.celticsurf.net/webscape/spammers.html -------------------- plonkeroo Just my twopenn'orth Plonky's Newslines http://plonkeroo.eucom.nu/ Internet Abuse http://www.celticsurf.net/webscape/abuse.html

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