this is the email contents you should see:
if there's enough interest, I could modify it so the IP is added to the Ban IP list

webgod:

I don't know if autobanning them would be such a good idea. While I've had a ton from .ru and .ro domains, I have also had a fair number from domains like comcast.com and other "valid" ISP's.

Thanks for the IP addy modifications, though... it's working great!!!!!! :up::D

The IP address that is listed, is the address of the user's PC and is almost never related to their email domain.. unless they are registering directly from their email server (not possible with apublic company like comcast, et all.)

True, but it's quite often a non-static IP address that they are using. So the IP they have today isn't necessarily the one they are using tomorrow, making IP bans useless in that case and risking locking out non-offenders instead.

Let me get this straight

this prevents those bots who post loads of links to viagra sites and stuff to register on my site? those things annoy me so badly

it times how long it takes from one page to the enxt to complete the registration and if it is under 15 seconds it blocks them a human can not fill the forms in as fast as a bot does

Really. I'm installing this mod now.

That's exactly why I'm not a big fan of IP banning, unless you IP WHOIS and find that it's a static IP.


I'd say 90% of residential internet users have a Dynamic IP (changes frequently) so IP banning isn't very useful.

Well the Bots are getting smarter.:mad:


just had the following occur:

@ 7:52am CST:
@ 7:56am CST:
@ 7:58am CST

He got through.. note the IP address is different for all three attempts!

excellent idea indeed. This combined with the alternate to captcha mod is going to make my life sooooooooo much easier. No more free mobile phones, playstations and friggen discounted nike trainers. Well at least I hope so.

Congrats on making this great addition :)