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Neil Williams wrote: > On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:42:47 +0100 (BST) > Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Fri, 16 Apr 2010, Neil Williams wrote: >>> The abuse of >>> a few have caused permanent and irrevocable harm to all; blame the >>> spammers using our site to push illegal content, not me. The DCGLUG >>> site is not Wikipedia, we don't have the resources to deal with >>> automated abuse. >> It sounds like someone (probably not a list member, but maybe is?) >> has been defacing the website or posting blatant commercial spam to >> it, but... > > No 'but' is necessary, that was what was happening - several times an > hour. The attempts continue and are visible to admins via the logs but > the change in config blocks all attempts to create new users, refresh > deleted users or log in with the previous usernames. > >> Care to post a brief summary? > > You just did. I'm glad I locked the site and fixed the problems before > too many people noticed. Some did. The site config tried to stop > certain spam methods but such heuristics were not enough. > > I've seen no evidence that it was a list member, hence the requirement > that future new members are "vetted" by the list. > > I fully agree with what you have done. Just one thought. When members go on holiday one way to avoid a stack of emails on return is to close the membership before going away and to restart it on return. Something to think about at this time of year?? Neil Winchurst -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html