[BigFatLyre]

I don't have enough information but a referral says she's getting a "this site precludes spammers" message when she tries to join up. Anyone guess what she's doing wrong?

She's Hotmail: I recommended she try another email service and see if it happens again.

 

[target]

I used my hotmail and didn't have a problem. That's weird.

 

[Nicklfire]

Try a different username or email , usually username

 

[Claudia]

I used my hotmail and didn't have a problem. That's weird.

Same here and no problem

 

[Nicklfire]

Same here and no problem

Basically the only reason why someone would have a problem would be if the email or ip addy or username(this is it most cases) matches the same username of a spammer that was submitted to a central database.

So this is the situation.

Someone comes to BCAQUARIA and signs up with username SHAWN and email [email protected] with ip:192.168.3.3, BCAQUARIA takes his info and verifies it with the spammer database, if either of those email or ip addy or username matches, then the registration is denied.

Most times it's the username

Yes, i agree it's frustrating in some cases, but it honestly protects us from hundreds of spammer/bots which try to register on a weekly basis.

 

[Nicklfire]

The following is how many spammers today were blocked between 8 and 11 (only 3 hours)

lrufbl 2010-09-07 11:40:26 [email protected] 98.218.62.146 Result on field ip - 98.218.62.146 - Spammer and rejected by policy

TibeShies 2010-09-07 11:36:22 [email protected] 121.44.190.126 Result on field email - [email protected] - Spammer and rejected by policy

Retsmoose 2010-09-07 11:27:24 [email protected] 91.201.66.18 Result on field ip - 91.201.66.18 - Spammer and rejected by policy

???? 2010-09-07 10:44:32 [email protected] 110.252.4.192 Result on field username - ???? - Spammer and rejected by policy

bestfreeonli f×�� 2010-09-07 10:43:06 [email protected] 91.146.49.45 Result on field ip - 91.146.49.45 - Spammer and rejected by policy

GholamalBonnie 2010-09-07 10:34:36 [email protected] 93.182.151.132 Result on field username - GholamalBonnie - Spammer and rejected by policy

CialisDon 2010-09-07 10:31:59 [email protected] 91.201.66.13 Result on field username - CialisDon - Spammer and rejected by policy

lilikawehf 2010-09-07 10:31:46 [email protected] 59.60.124.230 Result on field ip - 59.60.124.230 - Spammer and rejected by policy

jackets5214 2010-09-07 10:10:21 [email protected] 110.82.131.162 Result on field username - jackets5214 - Spammer and rejected by policy
sh5jg5mu3p 2010-09-07 09:25:39 [email protected] 120.40.133.143 Result on field email - [email protected] - Spammer and rejected by policy

DafNormfarp 2010-09-07 09:04:14 [email protected] 213.5.69.42 Result on field ip - 213.5.69.42 - Spammer and rejected by policy

mmsy92648 2010-09-07 09:00:21 [email protected] 113.65.228.74 Result on field ip - 113.65.228.74 - Spammer and rejected by policy

heacleree 2010-09-07 08:22:57 [email protected] 82.4.202.247 Result on field ip - 82.4.202.247 - Spammer and rejected by policy

SarahParaFiniuik 2010-09-07 08:11:25 [email protected] 98.165.94.209 Result on field username - SarahParaFiniuik - Spammer and rejected by policy

 

[target]

That's crazy. I hate spammers so this is a good feature.

 

[BigFatLyre]

So I guess she won't be able to use the most appropriate username: IAMAQT!
thanks to all.

 

[ibenu]

user name may be fine just her Email addy thats not going to work...

 

[Ursus sapien]

I love these glimpses into the secret lives of mods

 

[rescuepenguin]

I have been denied in some places due to the fact that I use a .name email addy. When the system checks the email address it checks to make sure that the top level domain is 2 or 3 digits. a .name is 4. As time goes on fewer and fewer places are denying me

 

[BigFatLyre]

Thanks, folks; looks like we've straightened thing out for her. She's a student with a fighting fish, so I'm suggesting "bettagetstudying"! close, please!