[wp-forums] Egregious spammer in the forums

[Otto]

We have any code to block disposable email addresses. That would be a
pretty big list, I feel.


-Otto

On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 5:13 PM, James Huff <james at automattic.com> wrote:

> It was probably a bot to begin with. We’re blocking spammers now anyway,
> bozo should just be for watching people. It’s usually *less* work that way.
> But, like I said, this is why I want a blacklist. :)
>
> @otto If you’re reading this, what do you think of blocking signups from @
> guerrillamailblock.com ? I assume we’re blocking other shady temporary
> email providers (especially when they’re scriptable), and this appears to
> be the service they have tied their script into.
>
>
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> On October 7, 2014 at 2:55:01 PM, andrew nevins (
> andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com) wrote:
>
> I'm afraid I'm to blame here. I blocked the original account & the second
> subsequent account that was created. Those accounts contained the majority
> of posts. It looks like there was a genuine user behind this to begin with
> and now that angry user is trying to get back at the system. Or me.
>
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 9:06 PM, Jan Dembowski <jan at dembowski.net> wrote:
>
> > I hate people who script for no good.
> >
> > There's a new spammer hitting the review forums. They push a button and
> > create an account, spam, rinse and repeat.
> >
> >
> >
> https://wordpress.org/support/bb-admin/posts.php?post_text=woosquad&forum_id=0&post_status=all
> >
> > The best part is that the topic of the spam is titled "Sponsored Post"
> and
> > includes the words "Sponsored by WordPress.com".
> >
> > It's a "Woo" club that has nothing to do with Woothemes but offers all
> > their plugins and themes for a monthly fee. Putting aside the
> > distastefulness of that site their script has already dumped 122 posts in
> > that forums.
> >
> > Jan Dembowski
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