How can I stop .cn domain emails from registering?

[drjarmin]

It is getting out of hand. I have so many spammers registering with a .cn email address I would just like to block all of them.

I have implemented the mod which rejects any signup in under a given number of seconds, but so many seem to be getting through now.

Any advice on how to deal with this - must be over 1 per hour now.

Thanks!

[Lynne]

Have you tried adding it under vboptions > user banning options > banned eamil addys ?

[UKBusinessLive]

Originally Posted by drjarmin

It is getting out of hand. I have so many spammers registering with a .cn email address I would just like to block all of them.

I have implemented the mod which rejects any signup in under a given number of seconds, but so many seem to be getting through now.

Any advice on how to deal with this - must be over 1 per hour now.

Thanks!

If you want you can add the code below to your .htaccess file in your forum root, That will stop nearly every single Chinese IP address.

To stop just the emails you could ad *@*.cn to your Ban list

Below is a sample .htaccess file

<Limit GET HEAD POST>
order allow,deny
# Country: CHINA
# ISO Code: CN
# Total Networks: 1,616
# Total Subnets:  210,789,888
deny from 58.14.0.0/15
deny from 58.16.0.0/16
deny from 58.17.0.0/17
deny from 58.17.128.0/17
deny from 58.18.0.0/16
deny from 58.19.0.0/16
deny from 58.20.0.0/16
deny from 58.21.0.0/16
deny from 58.22.0.0/15
deny from 58.24.0.0/15
deny from 58.30.0.0/15
deny from 58.59.0.0/17
deny from 222.248.0.0/16
deny from 222.249.0.0/17
deny from 222.249.128.0/19
deny from 222.249.160.0/20
deny from 222.249.176.0/20
deny from 222.249.192.0/18
#
allow from all
</Limit>

To get the full range pop yourself over here http://www.countryipblocks.net/count...elect-formats/

Good Luck

[drjarmin]

Thanks very much.

Do I need the "*" in the banning email address? Or would simply .cn work also?

I had a look at the spammers that have signed up overnight. Here is a list of their IP addresses. Only the ones with the "*" are in the countryipblocks.net list!!! I am guessing they are using a proxy or something?

24.61.253.220
65.15.166.165
67.162.239.84
68.58.142.131
76.223.78.202
89.209.83.36
98.176.34.12
113.96.42.67 *
120.8.167.1 *
122.158.90.34 *
123.116.177.196 *
123.238.70.93
125.40.49.200 *
195.239.224.26
208.98.45.237
219.133.123.149 *

Thanks again for all your help. I think this should result in a dramatic reduction in spam (fingers crossed!).

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by UKBusinessLive

To stop just the emails you could ad *@*.cn to your Ban list

Do that and you might up banning the entire world. Never use a wildcard in the email matching. Unless agressive matching is selected, emails are matched from the end, so a simple ".cn" would be enough.

[TNCclubman]

is that ".cn" or .cn that we enter?

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by TNCclubman

is that ".cn" or .cn that we enter?

Without quotes.