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seiseki 12-16-10 12:23 PM

Blocking Gmail, yahoo and hotmail is just dumb
 
Luckily I could use http://meltmail.com/ to forward the email to my gmail.
But blocking the most common mail providers seems like a rather unorthodox and dumb way to prevent spam.

Especially since spammers can just do what I did, but most regular users won't have the knowledge, it's like the DRM equivalent for forums.

Dowly 12-16-10 12:33 PM

You didn't use the thread 5 down from this because...?

frau kaleun 12-16-10 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly (Post 1554776)
You didn't use the thread 5 down from this because...?

Theirs is not to reason why, theirs is but to troll and die. :O:

raymond6751 12-16-10 01:07 PM

Since I use gmail
 
I'm not into spam, nor trollers, but

I do use gmail, so I have to agree.

mookiemookie 12-16-10 01:09 PM

Go away, Honesty/Destiny/whatever. You're a troll.

Takeda Shingen 12-16-10 01:11 PM

I also use gmail. However, given the past few days, I think it is very clear why certain email servers are blocked. The simple fact is that when they are blocked, we see four or five 'bots per month. When they are not, we see four or five per day. The method is effective and efficient; nothing dumb or unorthodox about it.

'Nuff said.

Jimbuna 12-16-10 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen (Post 1554801)
I also use gmail. However, given the past few days, I think it is very clear why certain email servers are blocked. The simple fact is that when they are blocked, we see four or five 'bots per month. When they are not, we see four or five per day. The method is effective and efficient; nothing dumb or unorthodox about it.

'Nuff said.

Agreed...and thit is coming from someone with a few Hotmail accounts.

frau kaleun 12-16-10 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by raymond6751 (Post 1554795)
I'm not into spam, nor trollers, but

I do use gmail, so I have to agree.

It's unfortunate, but as noted in the thread already started on this topic, every time those email providers are temporarily unblocked the forums get inundated with spambots.

They do not, to my knowledge, get inundated with legitimate new members using yahoo/hotmail/gmail email addies. So for Subsim overall, there does seem to be more value in blocking them than allowing them.

seiseki 12-16-10 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun (Post 1554815)
It's unfortunate, but as noted in the thread already started on this topic, every time those email providers are temporarily unblocked the forums get inundated with spambots.

They do not, to my knowledge, get inundated with legitimate new members using yahoo/hotmail/gmail email addies. So for Subsim overall, there does seem to be more value in blocking them than allowing them.

Surely there must be other ways to stop spam other than blocking email providers, captcha is working for other forums, why not this forum?

This is just going to piss of a lot of legit users.

Takeda Shingen 12-16-10 03:21 PM

Anyone remember the firestorm when we tried to institute a catchpa?

Again, we have been using the current method for years. It works well. It will continue to work well. If you are legit, you can use one of the other services. Consider it the Destiny of Honesty. Take Solace in that.

Dowly 12-16-10 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen (Post 1554873)
Anyone remember the firestorm when we tried to institute a catchpa?

Subsim uses captcha on registration. ;)

Takeda Shingen 12-16-10 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly (Post 1554875)
Subsim uses captcha on registration. ;)

Ah. Didn't know that. I never had to use one, but that was a decade ago. Well, I suppose that this renders the argument moot.

Dowly 12-16-10 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen (Post 1554879)
Ah. Didn't know that. I never had to use one, but that was a decade ago. Well, I suppose that this renders the argument moot.

There's also a no-spam verification question thingy. :up:

Takeda Shingen 12-16-10 03:31 PM

Well, there ya go. Catchpas and questionaires are ineffective, as the spammers have found ways to circumvent them. And so Downley delivers the coup de grace to the complaint.

Dowly 12-16-10 06:31 PM

:shifty:


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