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Dazed
Dazed
@dazed
10 years ago
1,022 posts
I have had banned items like email, names etc. and the spammers are still able to sign up. The last user email was an exact match of the banned email item.

Can someone take a look?
updated by @dazed: 01/28/16 11:46:23PM
paul
@paul
10 years ago
4,335 posts
How does the Banned module test tool respond to that email?


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brian
@brian
10 years ago
10,148 posts
We use it daily here on Jamroom.net and it works. Use the "test" tool like Paul suggested.


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Dazed
Dazed
@dazed
10 years ago
1,022 posts
I ran the test and it shows up in the email. I am getting a few different spammers signing up daily. Do we still have the ability to add captcha?

ggottagetta@gmail.com IS NOT a Banned IP Address
ggottagetta@gmail.com IS a Banned Profile or User Name
ggottagetta@gmail.com IS NOT a Banned Word
ggottagetta@gmail.com IS a Banned Email Address or Domain
updated by @dazed: 10/24/15 08:18:07AM
brian
@brian
10 years ago
10,148 posts
JR has a built in signup check that will stop bots, so what you have here is an actual person signing up on your site for the purpose of spamming. We get them here on Jamroom.net all the time - you'll just to manually handle them.

Alternately you could set new account creation to admin validation and review each new account.

Let me know if that helps.


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Dazed
Dazed
@dazed
10 years ago
1,022 posts
For some reason I do not get the signup emails any more so that would not be good.

Are you referring to the human check? I would rather we setup a small module that would just allow us to ask a question and supply an answer. What is 4+5? and then an input box for the user.

How would that email get past the banned item? If I set "gotta" in the email field that should also stop all signup with that name. Correct?
brian
@brian
10 years ago
10,148 posts
Dazed:
For some reason I do not get the signup emails any more so that would not be good.

Are you referring to the human check? I would rather we setup a small module that would just allow us to ask a question and supply an answer. What is 4+5? and then an input box for the user.

That would be something custom - it's not something supported right now. It's not going to stop a HUMAN from signing up on your site though (which we currently already handle). That's not going to get you any different result than the human checkbox.

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How would that email get past the banned item? If I set "gotta" in the email field that should also stop all signup with that name. Correct?

No. "email" means "email". "name" means "name".


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Brian Johnson
Founder and Lead Developer - Jamroom
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Dazed
Dazed
@dazed
10 years ago
1,022 posts
I have tried both values in the name and email including the full email and it still comes through. So every two days I am deleting a few profiles.


Oh what I meant is if I set "getta" in the email field, that would prevent any email containing "getta" correct?
updated by @dazed: 10/24/15 08:35:15AM
brian
@brian
10 years ago
10,148 posts
Dazed:
I have tried both values in the name and email including the full email and it still comes through. So every two days I am deleting a few profiles.

I can see by your test it is being CAUGHT by the banned item check:

ggottagetta@gmail.com IS a Banned Email Address or Domain

Are they signing up using that exact same email each time? Are they coming in via OneAll?


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Brian Johnson
Founder and Lead Developer - Jamroom
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updated by @brian: 10/24/15 08:35:41AM
Dazed
Dazed
@dazed
10 years ago
1,022 posts
not the exact same each time but close. Is there a value set somewhere for how they registered?

Oh what I meant above is if I set "getta" in the email field, that would prevent any email containing "getta" correct?
updated by @dazed: 10/24/15 08:37:09AM
brian
@brian
10 years ago
10,148 posts
Yes - it the string appears anywhere in the email it will be rejected.

In the activity log it will tell you if the user signed up via OneAll - it will say something like "xxxx has validated their account via facebook and logged in"

Let me know if that helps.


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Brian Johnson
Founder and Lead Developer - Jamroom
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Dazed
Dazed
@dazed
10 years ago
1,022 posts
Group has validated their account via google and logged in.

That solves that. Thanks for the help Brian.
brian
@brian
10 years ago
10,148 posts
Dazed:
Group has validated their account via google and logged in.

That solves that. Thanks for the help Brian.

No problem!


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Founder and Lead Developer - Jamroom
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