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02-27-2009, 01:27 PM
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Question to DTers: 'gmail' users?
Quick survey of regular DTers.. Am toying with blocking registrations with gmail.com addresses as the vast majority (99.5%) are spam type sign-ups.
We have cut down considerably on the 100-125 phony registrations daily by blocking mail.ru, gawab.com and similar International addresses, but gmail.com accounts for a good 50% as well. Those with gmail.com addresses already would not be affected. It would only block attempts at NEW registrants. Just curious who is actually using gmail... Additionally, it has a very bad reputation overall for pegging users for targeted spam, etc. Thoughts?
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02-27-2009, 01:45 PM
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Is there a CAPTCHA or similar on your registration page?
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984.
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02-27-2009, 02:51 PM
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02-27-2009, 01:47 PM
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I use gmail... eventhough I think i registered here with my old yahoo account.
I dont get any spam mail at my gmail account (get like 100 spams a day at the old yahoo account). It has a cool chat feature that is nice... I dont mind it!
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02-27-2009, 01:49 PM
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Whats G?
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02-27-2009, 01:51 PM
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think the G stands for Google... its google's email site thingy.
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02-27-2009, 01:52 PM
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02-27-2009, 03:09 PM
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02-27-2009, 01:51 PM
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I use yahoo and gmail but I registered here under yahoo. And like Lori I get far less spam on gmail. I'm a mod on another forum where we've been getting bombarded with spam registrations as well. I just google the email address and the IP and you'll quickly catch the spammers since there are so many sites out there tracking them. You may have too much volume for that to be practical though. Not sure if when they sign up it gives you the location of their IP but I've found about 99% of the spam registrations come from overseas.
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02-28-2009, 12:27 AM
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FWIW, I make an effort to use the buttons to let Yahoo know if a "spam" hits my main inbox. Yahoo of course makes an effort to identify spam and route to "spam." Every time I've let them know, the spam problem from that sender went away. So long as the spam lands in "spam," to me it's a non-issue.
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