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Presumably that is someone else?
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I have a Drupal system on my web site that had about three account requests per day by spammers. I have been wondering for a few weeks what I must have changed as they have stopped coming in completely.

Similarly, I am getting very few spam emails to my various domains, too.

A glance at the news stories doesn't show up anything obvious as to why they've gone quiet.
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SandJ wrote:
I have a Drupal system on my web site that had about three account requests per day by spammers. I have been wondering for a few weeks what I must have changed as they have stopped coming in completely.

Similarly, I am getting very few spam emails to my various domains, too.

A glance at the news stories doesn't show up anything obvious as to why they've gone quiet.
Single individuals can have a huge effect on the spam front (see here, for instance: 'Researchers Identify Notorious Botnet Operator Codenamed "Google"'. Perhaps a prolific spammer has fallen in front of a bus. It's a happy thought, at least. :twisted:
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No hits on SFS or Google, but:
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Profile says it all, and google reveals more. Several suspect profiles out there with the same user name.
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Looks toxic...loads of hits on SFS and Google comes up with worrying results.
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Several suspicious forum memberships via Google, and a few hits on SFS.
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We can't let a whole month go by without something being posted in this thread!

How about this one...

jameson https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... rofile&u=3

I mean who would be a bounty hunter in an Adder? Got to be fake :wink:

But I am interested in how many don't get through and get deleted before they become visible to us in the member list?
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Well he joined in 2004 and last visited in 2006!
Either he is what he seems or he's what the spooks call a 'sleeper', and if he is, that is one serious snooze. :D
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I wouldn’t want to give away his secret identity, but you’ll note he’s user #2.
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Fatleaf wrote:
Bereft of life, he spams no more; he has rung down the curtain and joined the botnet invisible. Along with his little friend "kentt7aami", who never made it past pre-registration. And the sunblind-flogging domain from whence they took their emails has been banned.
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