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Dback Jon

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Yes, it is getting ridiculous. Easy fix, not sure why they don't do it
 
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Maybe they get cleaned up after I'm already awake a while? I'm usually checking before 9am Eastern Standard Time.

Any word about this?
 

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I sweep away the remnants mid mornings and ban all the ones not already banned.
 

Brian in Mesa

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I sweep away the remnants mid mornings and ban all the ones not already banned.

There were a lot this morning. Whew. I go to their profile and do the Spam/Clean method. Does all the dirty work for me.
 

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I deny about 6 - 7 new registrants a day that IP match Spammers.
 

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There coming in droves now.
 

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Opened up my "alert" list this morning. 5 out of 8 were useless spam bots.
 

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Watxhout, we're being attacked! Done everything I can to try to keep all of them out but some will always slip in. All removed for now.
 

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So it occurs to me that every spam bot is picking New York as where they are from. Anyway to auto ban anyone who picks that?
 

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Wow. What a crazy attack that was.
 

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