[Syxguns]

Originally Posted by inigo

Same here, yesterday a lot of spammers grant access to register in my forum. SOM log showed: "Unabe to connect to SOM server,... " in each registration. "Passed to vbulletin,..."

Any problem with the server? Anything we have to change?

Thanks!

I believe this is not an issue. If I'm correct in my assumption, this has to do it the StopForumSpam database is down for maintenance.

StopForumSpam: Query Connection Errors
What should happen if the remote connection times out when querying the new registration?

* Note: Only applies if set to block listed registrations in the above setting

If this is set to Allow Registration then you could get some spammers. I wouldn't suggest that you deny the registration, simply because it should be temporary.

10:40 a.m. yesterday
I went to the board first thing this morning and thought WTF, it had been unusually inundated with spammer?s registrations and spam posts, in which took me quite awhile to clear them off from the board. I then went to here to add the ones that spammed to my spammers list and found the site was offline, due to maintenance. Oh, I thought, so that is the reason for the unusual inundation of spammers. - When the cats away the mice will play. smile

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The forum that I help moderate, also got slammed last night. I also found that SFS was down. I certainly am glad it is back up.

Some of our spammers are finding ways around the Spam-O-Matic software that our Admin installed last week, by coming up with usernames, edresses, and IP addresses that are not in SFS's databanks. I am duly entering them.... cool

Information found in forum at SFS forum


I don?t know what I would do without SFS. Thanks.