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[Solved] Temporarily closed signups because of spam signups (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ruud@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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So some spam signups just happened (all username12345678@gmail.com format e-mail) This caused bounced mail to increase, causing Mailgun to block our domain to prevent it getting blacklisted.

So:

Mail temporarily doesn't work
I closed signups for now
I will ban the spam accounts
I will check how to prevent (maybe approval required again?)

Stay tuned.

Edit: so apparently there is a captcha option which I now enabled. Let's see if this prevents spam. Registrations open again.

Edit2 : Hmm Mailgun isn't that fast in unblocking the domain. Closing signups again because validation mails aren't sent

Edit 3: I convinced Mailgun to lift the block. Signups open again.

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[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Wanna recruit a helper who promises nothing but benevolent assistance?

[–] Limeey@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

FYI 18.0 does not have captcha according to release notes. May want to delay upgrade until 18.1? Or institute a stricter signup like requiring email verification? just wanted to mention it

[–] ruud@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah we use e-mail verification, but the problem was that the spam signups used fake gmail addresses resulting in the mail domain to get blocked. So we'll wait until 0.18.1

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[–] CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Is there a growth target for the community? I see that Lemmy.world is almost equal in size to lemmy.ml. Will this instance remain open indefinitely?

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[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca -4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am from Lemmy Canada. I have noticed that when I come to a community hosted on Lemmy World I am often signed out. Do I need to sign up here to participate?

[–] ruud@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

No, you should be able to view the community from yours. Like https://lemmy.ca/c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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