tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953397841255562532.post2569475186917787540..comments2023-09-30T14:59:05.385+01:00Comments on G4ILO's Blog: Junksale.co.uk's ridiculous restrictionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11984840704237681015noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953397841255562532.post-44403654697764233722009-03-11T09:42:00.000+00:002009-03-11T09:42:00.000+00:00Personally I won't put automatic bans on gmail fro...Personally I won't put automatic bans on gmail from a commerical viewpoint, although it would be very tempting after a night of 200 automated spambot registrations, with many posting pornography links all over the forums. That doesn't happen because I have staff all over the world keeping an eye on things but it is a real possibility for many smaller sites. <BR/>There are large number of Russian and Chinese domains I have in my baned list. @mail.ru and @sina.com to name but two.<BR/><BR/>Yes, if you contacted their forum admin to explain, they should be able to help you get around it but it is a little complicated as you need to create an account in the first place. The very fact that you have bothered to contact them should be enough to prove you are not a spammer.<BR/><BR/>Here's my standard reply:<BR/>Please register again but use a made-up/fictitious e-mail address i.e. blah@blah.org and this will allow you to create an account (although you will not be able to activate it). When you have done this, reply to me and tell me the username you have chosen and then I can manually enter your ******@sina.com e-mail address into your account and register you.<BR/><BR/>In addition:<BR/>Junksale appears to be using out of date vB forum software (risky from a security angle) but I believe they are going to upgrade. Upgrading to the latest software will give them far more options in terms of human verification techniques during registration to prevent spambots registering, although nothing is foolproof.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284170573526868743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953397841255562532.post-74389455591464407592009-03-07T23:12:00.000+00:002009-03-07T23:12:00.000+00:00I suspected that might have something to do with i...I suspected that might have something to do with it. But there is really no reason why, after I contacted the webmaster (as the site advises you to do when it displays the "banned" message), he could not have established that I was a real radio amateur not a spammer and authorized my membership manually. My Gmail address even has my callsign in it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11984840704237681015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-953397841255562532.post-40905368373919882022009-03-06T00:21:00.000+00:002009-03-06T00:21:00.000+00:00Blame google for allowing organised spamming group...Blame google for allowing organised spamming groups from the far east to use gmail so easily. Even hotmail and yahoo, who were very lax in sign-ups, have started to get their act together.<BR/>Anyone involved in large community websites has to deal with hundreds of automated registrations from spambots a day, it really isn't fun.<BR/><BR/>So, it may be annoying but there is very good reason behind it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284170573526868743noreply@blogger.com