Doesn't block spam registrations

  • MatthewEbel

    (@matthewebel)


    8 years, 2 months ago

    I’ve had this plugin running for a week now and every day I’m emailed about more spam registrations. This is exactly what this plugin was supposed to stop, but somehow obvious spammers with mail.ru addresses are signing up.

    While I can block those TLD’s from being used (theoretically, we’ll see if that actually works or not), I’m disappointed that such an obvious source of spam isn’t being blocked as a default setting.

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  • Keith P. Graham

    (@kpgraham)

    8 years, 2 months ago

    Unfortunately mail.ru is a huge email provider for Russia and there are millions of legitimate mail.ru users. Blocking them must be optional.

    Keith

    Thread Starter MatthewEbel

    (@matthewebel)

    8 years, 2 months ago

    Regardless, the plugin isn’t blocking what are clearly script-generated spam accounts, which is pretty much its primary function.

    Keith P. Graham

    (@kpgraham)

    8 years, 2 months ago

    I’m sorry that the plugin isn’t working for your. Did you check All Countries box and save to block spam from all countries? This blocks a whole bunch of spam sites, but needs to be turned on.

    I make it optional because many people don’t want to block their own country even if it is spam. Blocking a country only enables blocking from a list of known spam sites from a country, except for Vietnam which only uses their internet for spam as far as I can tell.

    Keith

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