Spam bots - Suggestion
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Is it possible to block the messages which contain alexcastelli.com? All the spam messages that are posted, link to that website. You could probably have a list of spam websites and not allow any message to be posted when it contains any of those links. The list could also be auto updated by regular members who report messages as spam or some kind of mechanism.
modified on Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:32 PM
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Is it possible to block the messages which contain alexcastelli.com? All the spam messages that are posted, link to that website. You could probably have a list of spam websites and not allow any message to be posted when it contains any of those links. The list could also be auto updated by regular members who report messages as spam or some kind of mechanism.
modified on Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:32 PM
:thumbsup: Good idea! Wikipedia does the same thing: a blacklist with URLs from unwanted hosts, see Wikipedia:Spam_blacklist[^]. Spammers want to push their websites and when all of them are black listed they probably lose their interest. /M
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Is it possible to block the messages which contain alexcastelli.com? All the spam messages that are posted, link to that website. You could probably have a list of spam websites and not allow any message to be posted when it contains any of those links. The list could also be auto updated by regular members who report messages as spam or some kind of mechanism.
modified on Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:32 PM
what if they use tinyurl.com
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Is it possible to block the messages which contain alexcastelli.com? All the spam messages that are posted, link to that website. You could probably have a list of spam websites and not allow any message to be posted when it contains any of those links. The list could also be auto updated by regular members who report messages as spam or some kind of mechanism.
modified on Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:32 PM
Tarakeshwar Reddy wrote:
You could probably have a list of spam websites and not allow any message to be posted when it contains any of those links
Ah, but the problem is that spammer setup landing pages on legitimate sites in order to post links on other pages that will not be spotted as spam. Have you visited alexcastelli.com? He's an Italian kid with a blog site that looks to have been hijacked. 24hrs later and the spammers have moved onto other sites. Blocking URLs is about as effective as blocking IP addresses.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP