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by Red Prince
Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:33 pm
Forum: phpBB 3.0.x Support
Topic: SPAMBOTS - how can we stop them - read FIRST post.
Replies: 234
Views: 501311

Re: SPAMBOTS - how can we stop them - read FIRST post.

As I asserted earlier, my SWAG is that someone downloaded a batch of domain names from the DNS system, posted that list for the benefit of spammers on some other site, of which Google just happened to index. Google did not have to come to my site. Google indexed that other site with the list on it....
by Red Prince
Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:27 am
Forum: phpBB 3.0.x Support
Topic: SPAMBOTS - how can we stop them - read FIRST post.
Replies: 234
Views: 501311

Re: SPAMBOTS - how can we stop them - read FIRST post.

Again, I created this domain name to host a forum, but absolutely no one knows about it, nor could anyone guess the domain name. Yet, I'm receiving about 3-5 registration attempts a day. No one needs to know about your domain name to find your forum. I run a small personal web site on my home compu...