Porn Spam and Mail Bombs

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Site has still been under attack. This is getting ridiculous.

-- Erin

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Chasing the spammers away (or trying to)

I think I might have tossed a bit more of the barrage of spam that the system is under. As for the person that posted a spam blog entry he/she has been locked out of the system.

The site's software really needs a few updates so Erin will have to schedule a time to do that.

Bob Arnold

SPAM! SPAm! SPam! Spam! spam!

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As for the mail bombs. tell the server to ignore invalid stuff and NOT to send out a error message. It's not a GREAT option, but it sure helps the server cope with things.

-P

Pipers Blatant GabyZone Plug


I actually LIKE image SIGs!


"She was like a butterfly, full of color and vibrancy when she chose to open her wings, yet hardly visible when she closed them."
— Geraldine Brooks


That's what we did :)

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But a real flood still causes problems because of the CPU/database intensive nature of drupal. Had to resched all the cron jobs to the middle of the night.

Hugs,
Erin

= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.

= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.

Obliviously Obvious

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I figured you or Bob already had, but sometimes the most over-looked solution to certain things is the obvious one, so I thought I'd post anyways. I've been lucky with no massive spammers on GZ lately, but Crystal has been working hard to keep them out of StorySite, and her stuff is all homebrew -sigh-...

-HUGGS-

and I hope it slows down soon!

-P

Pipers Blatant GabyZone Plug


I actually LIKE image SIGs!


"She was like a butterfly, full of color and vibrancy when she chose to open her wings, yet hardly visible when she closed them."
— Geraldine Brooks