Sick of spam? So am I.

Posted by newdoc2013 on November 5, 2012 at 4:24pm

I have posted a list of my banned users on my website.

They've all been banned for posting comment links to viagra/oxycodone/polo or anything else that has nothing to do with my site content. Its a small list because I operate a small site but I think if we all could post these lists and then aggregate them together we may be able to combat spamming more efficiently. If something like this has already been done, please point me to the module.

Here is my link:

http://www.usmleme.com/spam_users?order=login&sort=desc

IM SICK OF SPAMMERS!

Comments

This module is very

Posted by Woodside on November 5, 2012 at 4:48pm

This module is very effective.

http://drupal.org/project/mollom

Other options: http://www.leveltendesign.com/blog/colin/spam-be-gone-10-spam-blocking-d...

-Erik

Spam makes website ineffective

Posted by Johan Vermeij on November 12, 2012 at 7:24am

I am really interested in human access to my website but I never can see anything useful due to all the robotized access.

I refer to the Recent Hits report.

I have setup a robots.txt on my website and this has stopped the bots from polluting my website.

I have stopped the registration option because I don't need it.

I still see a lot of useless access from all kinds of IP addresses (lots of hits all in the same minute).
I have tried to block them but new ones pop up all the time.
See example below.

Question: what do I have to do to stop (or not record) robots or people who are just playing with my site.

Example:
11/12/2012 - 13:07 Corporate GL issues
forum/8 Anonymous details
11/12/2012 - 13:07 Corporate GL issues
forum/8 Anonymous details
11/12/2012 - 13:07 Vantage GL
forum/7 Anonymous details
11/12/2012 - 13:07 Vantage Customer Information
forum/6 Anonymous details
11/12/2012 - 13:07 Vantage Shariah Banking
forum/4 Anonymous details
11/12/2012 - 13:07 Vantage Retail Banking
forum/2 Anonymous details
11/12/2012 - 13:07 Server Installation
forum/5 Anonymous details
11/12/2012 - 13:07 Technical Issues
forum/3 Anonymous details
11/12/2012 - 13:07 Vantage User Group
forum/1 Anonymous details
11/12/2012 - 13:07 Vantage User Group
forum/1 Anonymous details
11/12/2012 - 13:07 Forums
forum Anonymous details
11/12/2012 - 13:07 Capital Banking Solution
node/9 Anonymous details
11/12/2012 - 13:07 User account
user Anonymous details
11/12/2012 - 13:07 User account
user Anonymous details
11/12/2012 - 13:07 Capital Banking Solution
node/9 Anonymous details

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Posted by VM on November 12, 2012 at 2:31pm

access logs are what they are. there is no way to tell the difference between a user "playing" with your site and browsing it.

your server likely has a stats script that can be used and in conjunction with google analytics you should be able to gain much greater insight into your traffic.

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Posted by VM on November 5, 2012 at 6:02pm

IMO this post belongs in the general discussions forum, not news and events.

Wow thank you. That looks

Posted by newdoc2013 on November 5, 2012 at 10:12pm

Wow thank you. That looks promising. Will implement and let you know how it works for me.

Still keeping the link to spammers ;) --- a little public shaming.

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