The quick and dirty way: I use a specific email server (mine; running surgemail) for all wiki mail. For archival purposes I take a copy of ALL mail for the domain and stored it in a special email account, Yes I have noticed similar and its just so easy to force a redirect rather than just a copy so they never get the email to authenticate. If they are serious you will get a complaint and can investigate and watch like a hawk, personally I have never received a complaint.
GS On 4/12/2010 8:01 AM, Clayton wrote: > I'm busy tidying up spam on the OOoWiki on a fairly regular basis. The > OOoWiki uses several tools to block/stop spammers (BadBehavior, the spam > RegEx etc.)... it's working most of the time, but the spammers still get > in and vandalize pages several times per week. I've been poking around > and discovered that a lot of the spammers (who create an account just to > post a URL link) are using Mailinator dot com to create a one-time-use > throwaway email address to receive the Wiki user authentication email. > > Is there any practical way of blocking new users from using specific > services like Mailinator? Is there a better way of dealing with > situations like this? > > C. > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l