Deleting accounts

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Deleted:

Registration UserID: frontremy
Chosen screen name: Jimmy, Green
Not validated email address: aozhouc2848@163.com">saozhouc2848@163.com
Chosen language: English
Coming from IP address: 118.133.168.12


Could it be that some spammers are automatically validating somehow?

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Deleted:


Registration UserID: evettyBop
Chosen screen name: evettyBopZK
Not validated email address: alonsogedabilpour74@gmail.com
Chosen language: English
Coming from IP address: 178.73.220.121

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More deletes:


Registration UserID:
masalqgge
Chosen screen name:
masa¿ kregos³upa kraków
Not validated email address:
aracommer@aol.com">saracommer@aol.com
Chosen language:
English
Coming from IP address:
119.75.23.81

Registration UserID:
clowlsog
Chosen screen name:
clowlsogTG
Not validated email address:
ewelinadebkowska1+lbhjld@gmail.com
Chosen language:
English
Coming from IP address:
93.182.190.93

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Deleted:

Registration UserID: chivasregal90
Chosen screen name: Chivas Regal
Not validated email address: deathreaper@pochta.com
Chosen language: English
Coming from IP address: 188.126.75.133

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We have a registered and validated newbie with the nickname

cheap ugg boots outlet

. Shall we bother to delete him? He cannot post anything as a newbie.

[Semi-Native]

Delete, it's spam.

[RobSeegel]

Yes - I don't distinguish between registered/unregistered accounts. In fact, the majority of

dubious

accounts register successfully. Only a relatively small number require admin validation. I've only been checking against stopforumspam.com. I check the IP first, and if that gets no hits, I check the email address.

Requiring upgrade by admin was an incredibly smart thing. Otherwise, there would likely be no end of spam. that we'd be cleaning up.

I have a plan that I'm going to propose to Vern, which I hope will make a big difference, plus it will mean that we can use an easier to use captcha that doesn't use letters or numbers. I'm doing some testing on my own machine to verify the changes are OK. One of the plugins checks against stopforumspam automatically.

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192429182E2E2C2E274B0 wrote:
Requiring upgrade by admin was an incredibly smart thing. Otherwise, there would likely be no end of spam. that we'd be cleaning up.

Freddy's idea

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More deletes:

Registration UserID: MerryBabi
Chosen screen name: MerryBabiBR
Not validated email address: dzonverr@mail.ru
Chosen language: English
Coming from IP address: 46.159.197.193

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It seems that attacks are rising.

Registration UserID: indenoMig
Chosen screen name: indenoMigTR
Not validated email address: infarorgo@aol.com
Chosen language: English
Coming from IP address: 119.75.23.81