NYHFA forums blacklist -- myArmoury.com

Michael Edelson · Posted: Fri 20 Nov, 2009 6:00 pm Post subject: NYHFA forums blacklist

Hi all,

Recently a few people have approached me and asked why their names were rejected when they tried to register for accounts on the NYHFA forums. They asked if I had blacklisted them.

No one is blacklisted, or has ever been blacklisted, or even banned for that matter.

We shut down the forums to registration by adding "*" (a wild card character) as a disallowed name, thereby banning all names. We have an older forum without the latest bells and whistles, and it was the only way to stop the 10+ spam accounds PER DAY that I was getting. I have no idea why so many people in Nigeria want to join the NYHFA forums. Happy

So if you've recently, or not so recently, tried to make an account, that's why it wouldn't let you. If you want to join, just email me at nyhfa.info at gmail.com and I'll set you up.

Sorry for any misunderstandings.

Maurizio D'Angelo · Posted: Sat 21 Nov, 2009 7:29 pm Post subject:

I did the registration without any problems.
I saw the video.
Michael, in your hands, the sword of Brescia seems a divine punishment. Eek!

Lethal sword apparently.
Ciao
Maurizio

Michael Edelson · Posted: Sat 21 Nov, 2009 9:08 pm Post subject:

Hi Maurizio,

I temporarily opened the board up. One day, 6 spam accounts. WHY? Happy

Thanks for the compliments. The brescia is a hell of a sword.

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Sat 21 Nov, 2009 9:51 pm Post subject:

Nathan Robinson · myArmoury Admin

Michael-

myArmoury.com gets approximately 140 attempted spammer registrations each day. I've coded numerous things to prevent these spammers from creating accounts on this site, but a few still get through. It's an uphill battle. I'm a developer and this site benefits from my knowledge and expertise. Even with that, it still takes a tremendous amount of my time to deal with it (one of the many things I do behind the scenes that nobody really knows about). I wouldn't want to run a site on the 'net without having access to a developer to create customized solutions to avoid these problems.

Michael Edelson · Posted: Sun 22 Nov, 2009 9:03 am Post subject:

Hi Nathan,
140! Wow. What would be nice is a program that automatically deletes all unactivted accounts at the end of every day. Do you have anything like that?

btw...I locked down the forums again, so if anyone wants an account, email or pm me.

Christian Henry Tobler · Posted: Sun 22 Nov, 2009 3:31 pm Post subject:

Hi Mike,

You should talk to Roger (Siggs) about this. He set us up with the current Selohaar Forum and while the number of spam users isn't zero, it's not 10 a day. I'd say on average about 5-7 per week get through. Generally, they come in batches of two or three, so it's easy to select all and consign them to oblivion.

Best,

CHT

Michael Edelson · Posted: Sun 22 Nov, 2009 4:10 pm Post subject:

Hi Christian,

I spoke to Roger briefly, but he wasn't able to help in my circumstances.

The perfect thing would be a function to clean out all non-activated accounts automatically. Anyone know if that's possible?

Nathan Robinson · myArmoury Admin