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Offline Tension

Re: Allowing certain e-mail addresses
« on: September 15, 2009, 05:18:06 PM »
Don't forget to take down the notice :)

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Re: Allowing certain e-mail addresses
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2009, 08:25:17 PM »
Quote from: Nostalgiac;523124
wow - I didn't realise the problem was this bad :-(



I second that.  Is the site being targeted intentionally, or is it a random attack?

Who would have a vendetta against this place?

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Re: Allowing certain e-mail addresses
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2009, 10:08:08 PM »
Quote from: the_leander;523690
Almost certainly an automated attack via botnet. Hell there are even tools out there that automate the process of signing up for Hotmail, Yahoo and Gmail accounts.

Basically, the more traffic your site gets, the more often you will get this sort of crap headed your way.


But what do they get out of it, besides using up server space?

I wonder what Tim Berners-Lee has to say about this whole internet thingy.

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Re: Allowing certain e-mail addresses
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2009, 11:44:48 AM »
What happens when they register a fake account? Do they start sending out adverts / spam from that account onto the forums or what?