Same member and same user

[birddog114]

new member portugal1 has the same ID, website and etc.. with the previously registered member why

He got 4 difference user names in few days.

[Nnnnsic]

Very good question.

We might need to send this user notices and / or cancel his accounts.

He's probably not receiving the email addresses to join and its likely to be a problem with his server not liking ours or vice versa. Either way, a suggestion of using a freebie address like a Gmail or Hotmail is warranted for those people.

[birddog114]

We have to send a team to Chicago to have a mini-meet with him

[gstark]

I've already noticed this, and it's now 6 different logins, none of which have been activated, and all of which have bogus email addresses.

I don't know, but I'm going to see if I can track him through the apache logs and isolate his IP address. If I can, it'll be bye bye.

Clearly a prime nominee for the VI club.

[birddog114]

Can we delete and stop his invalid accounts?
This's such a system abusing!!!!

[gstark]

No IP address in the user record ...

Yes I can ...

[gstark]

I think I have this sorted out now.

This poor user is using comcast.net as his ISP.

In the past they've permitgted their servers to be abused and a source of major spam attacks, and so they're banned from my email server.

I opened up the gate to send this user just the one message, telling him that his ISP's domain isn't permitted here because of that, and suggesting that he uses an alternate email address, such as gmail or yahoo.

The comcast gate has now been closed again, and I need to remember this for the future.

[birddog114]

Thanks Gary,
It's brilliant works from you once again!

[PlatinumWeaver]

haha - It's me creating accounts so I can have 8 votes to use in challenge number 3... *cackles*

No, it's not me.. that was a joke...

[gstark]

I'll be deleting all but the newest of these later tonight.

[Matt. K]

Gary
A user abuser.

[Nnnnsic]

Are you saying that Dad is a user abuser or that this guy is?

I'm not sure whether he's abusing the rules of one user per person... it might be just that since he hasn't been getting the emails, he's assumed he hasn't joined or something like that... then again, he may very well be attempting to abuse the system... who knows. Once he actually answers his email or understands that he has to change his email addy to a different one and officially joins the forum, then we'll know.

[redline]

i still don't understand why would somebody sign up mutliple times?

[Nnnnsic]

Our server blocks certain domains that send us a lot of spam and a few people who we've seen try to join (while we've been operating) have tried to sign up with addresses from said domains.

Now, as you know from signing up here, we send out a confirmation email to the email address you sign up with and you must click on a link (or copy and paste it in your url bar in your browser) to confirm that you are a member here, etc.

Well, in these cases, because the domain name isn't thought too favourably at our end, those emails are not likely to ever reach the user in question, and as a result, are likely to try and try again for a different account thinking it was an error of the server.

[redline]

thanks for clearing that

[Nnnnsic]

Yup, no worries... it's what I'm paid to do... well... sort of...