ATTENTION: Russians (.ru e-mail addresses)

DarkUnderlord · Apr 3, 2006

In a bid to stop the spambots, I've banned all ".ru" e-mail addresses as a number of recent spambots have had such e-mail addresses. However, this means that legitimate Russians cannot use a .ru e-mail address in their accounts. They'll get an error message saying their e-mail address is not allowed. Changing it to something non .ru will get around that problem (which means expect more .com spambots).

If this is too much of a crisis for our Communist friends, I'll consider approach #2, which is banning all Russian characters from post titles or just going whole hog for approach #3 and creating a Codex "Are you a Human?" registration test.

I'll see how this goes for now though and look at implementing some kind of "Codex Registration Test" later.

kingcomrade · Apr 3, 2006

iinoiyiii iaoueapnu ia oaeea nnueee, oiou oai e iiiai eiou ll yoi oaea iacuaaaony niai.
iaiaaaea iialnoaiae
+anoiua iauyaeaiey aaaaiaa
+anouiua iauyaeaiey aaaiaa
aaaiaaa iaaaeaeeiinoe iineaa
aaaiaa iiaeoaee
aaaiaa iiiaeaiee iaaaceiu
aaaiaa auoeil
iaaiaiaay eiaioniay iaaaeu
aaaiaa iaaaeaeeiinoe iiailneiaua
aaaiaa eoocianeee

edit- o shit, I forgot to switch accounts

Frau Bishop · Apr 3, 2006

DarkUnderlord said:
or just going whole hog for approach #3 and creating a Codex "Are you a Human?" registration test.

Maybe also everyone who's already registered should do the test, just to be on the safe side. :lol:

FrancoTAU · Apr 3, 2006

kingcomrade said:
iinoiyiii iaoueapnu ia oaeea nnueee, oiou oai e iiiai eiou ll yoi oaea iacuaaaony niai.
iaiaaaea iialnoaiae
+anoiua iauyaeaiey aaaaiaa
+anouiua iauyaeaiey aaaiaa
aaaiaaa iaaaeaeeiinoe iineaa
aaaiaa iiaeoaee
aaaiaa iiiaeaiee iaaaceiu
aaaiaa auoeil
iaaiaiaay eiaioniay iaaaeu
aaaiaa iaaaeaeeiinoe iiailneiaua
aaaiaa eoocianeee

edit- o shit, I forgot to switch accounts

You're batting average is below the Mendoza line, but when you connect it's a solid hit.

Lumpy · Apr 3, 2006

Frau Bishop said:
DarkUnderlord said:

or just going whole hog for approach #3 and creating a Codex "Are you a Human?" registration test.

Click to expand...

Maybe also everyone who's already registered should do the test, just to be on the safe side.

Wouldn't that also get rid of most Bethesda fanboys? And Volourn?

Balor · Apr 3, 2006

Hmm, well, I have '.ru' adress, but I can login and all.
Does it mean that I just will not be able to edit my profile info unless I change my email?

Balor · Apr 3, 2006

Btw, why not really forbid cyrillic letters is posts and all? Not that I'm going to post anything in Russian, and it's MUCH more preferable to banning '.ru' mails.

Spazmo · Apr 3, 2006

Balor, I think it's a moratorium on new accounts from .ru addresses.

Balor · Apr 3, 2006

Oh... anyway, I think it may cause headache for new people from Russia who'd like to register an account... since most '.ru' ones are used.
I vote for banning cyrillic characters. Not that we'll be having a Russian forum or something. If I'd like to post in Russian, I'd go to an other forum, myself... and I sure any sensible Russian will do the same.

DarkUnderlord · Apr 4, 2006

Balor said:
Does it mean that I just will not be able to edit my profile info unless I change my email?

Yup. If you edit your profile and hit submit, you should get an error message telling you you're a rusky spambot.

It is a flawed methodoloy as yes, it does prevent sane Russians from signing up. It also doesn't prevent all spambot as there are some who register with .com or other e-mail addresses. Likewise banning Cryllic characters would stop the Russian ones (our major problem) but wouldn't stop the odd English bot we've had come through.

What I'm basically saying is I'll ditch the ban on .ru and implement a Codex Registration Test of some sort. Once I figure out what questions need to be asked...

Lumpy said:
Frau Bishop said:

DarkUnderlord said:

or just going whole hog for approach #3 and creating a Codex "Are you a Human?" registration test.

Click to expand...

Maybe also everyone who's already registered should do the test, just to be on the safe side.

Click to expand...

Wouldn't that also get rid of most Bethesda fanboys? And Volourn?

Think of that as a fringe benefit.

Seven · Apr 4, 2006

It is a flawed methodoloy as yes, it does prevent sane Russians from signing up.

I object to the very notion that Russians can be sane.

On an unrelated topic, the R U Human test seems like a good idea for preventing spam bots in general.

Spazmo · Apr 4, 2006

How will this human test thing work, exactly? Are you going to ask Leon about his mother?

Frau Bishop · Apr 4, 2006

This test could be really interesting. What's considered human around here?
Will Fallout be involved? Or the question what electric sheep count if they can't sleep?

Seven · Apr 4, 2006

Spazmo said:
How will this human test thing work, exactly? Are you going to ask Leon about his mother?

What I'm hoping is that you have to type the "text thingy" every time you want tp post (this way certain spammers will have to work to spam).

Seven · Apr 5, 2006

Re: Business help in China

koni20 said:
I am new at this and I'd ask someone to help me with advice. I applied as recruiter manager at JobQueen, they promise to pay $87,000.00/year. I would like to know if they are for real and if they are how can I get quality sales reps in China. I didn't list the domain because promoting something is forbiden in most forums. So if you want to help me out please contact me direct at my email:
kimwongshu@yahoo.com

This is the funniest thing I've ever read--Looks like the bots have a deep sense of irony.

Jason · Apr 5, 2006

It posted the exact same thing over at DAC, and in the Wasteland to boot. Makes me wonder if it's one of the kids screwing around rather than a bot.

Atrokkus · Apr 5, 2006

DAMN SMART, DU! DAMN SMART!

Bah, well whatever. I forgot which of my addresses I entered back then... probably .ru...

What if I have to edit my profile, huh? Duh...

Why not try to implement prohibiting russian text in messages, it would pretty much do the trick, but I have no idea how are you going to implement that...

And get rid of non-registered posts at Teudogar forum, for fuck's sake already!

FrancoTAU · Apr 5, 2006

It must be a Bethseda Bot. It has RADIANT AI AND FOUND OUT HOW TO CRACK THE BOARD!!!!

DarkUnderlord · Apr 5, 2006

metallix said:
DAMN SMART, DU! DAMN SMART!

Damn straight. We've only had two bots since I implemented it!

metallix said:
What if I have to edit my profile, huh?

For now, it means you'd have to change your e-mail address, Communist Pig.

metallix said:
And get rid of non-registered posts at Teudogar forum, for fuck's sake already!

The what forum? Ohh... You know, I always skip those forums. It's fixed now and I've moved all the "formerly spam" posts to Retardo Land.

POOPERSCOOPER · Apr 5, 2006

Hey, Du, can you put the midi feature in the wasteland at DAC? kthxbye

Atrokkus · Apr 5, 2006

For now, it means you'd have to change your e-mail address, Communist Pig.

WEll, not a problem, i got a gmail.com email as well. But how am I supposed to change it now? Or the engine accepts the application if the email is changed to .com?
IM AFRAID TO TRY!!^ 1161

Anyways, in order to forewarn the non-bot Russian users that might end up in this den of evil, you should include an ALL-CAPS warning message in the registration form - "NO RUSSIAN EMAILS ALLOWED" or something like that.

DarkUnderlord · Apr 5, 2006

The system will (should) let you update your e-mail (if you want). Just keep in mind what I said above about removing it and putting in a Registration Test of some sort instead though.

Atrokkus · Apr 5, 2006

The system will (should) let you update your e-mail (if you want).

Well, you're in for a surprise here: IT DOESN'T.
I entered my gmail address, clicked submit, and the damn thing called me a rusky spambot... Me cry.

I'd rather have the option 2 and 3. Either way willl do, although the 3rd one seems more elegant, and effective too (some bots use roman alphabet).

Atrokkus · Apr 6, 2006

Darky, I'm WAITING! And so does the whole world proletariat!
Do something with the system, or get rid of it.

Frau Bishop · Apr 6, 2006

Like.. fuck the system? :oops:

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