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surfer2124 · #38 10-29-2009, 06:51 PM

Awesome app I have it installed and it is blocking a ton of spammers each day.

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Originally Posted by segwayon

What I find odd is the large number of spammers who do successfully register, but who never go to their email to click on and complete the registration process. It's as if they are doing it just to see if the server allows for a new registration of an old spammer account, and if it allows them to register then they just move on because they are using the registration process as a way to check for the presence of an unlocked spammer account without the pitfalls of using the login page.

I am seeing the same thing on my boards. Some spammers will make it past but never activate there account. very odd

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