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[Solved] Temporarily closed signups because of spam signups (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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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[โ€“] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How about adding a captcha? I was surprised there was none when I signed up.

[โ€“] ruud@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Yes the devs should do that. We're currently discussing the the Lemmy matrix chat.

[โ€“] drmoose@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Captchas are laughably easy to get around but they do work against dumb script kiddies which seems this attack is originating from.

[โ€“] possiblylinux127@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm down as long as its privacy friendly and doesn't use non-free javascript