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Originally Posted by 85vette
Seems like there should be a more automated way to dispose of this trash in these days of high technology.....I guess I don't understand enough about how this works. I used to get a small amount of spam in my email. And then right after the local elections(in which I supported an unnamed new constitutional officer in an editorial) last year I had an influx of 20-40 spam emails a day for two or three months. Then it tapered off but as of last week i'm getting 50+ spam emails a day.....  |
Actually there is a cyber war going on, that most people are completely unaware of. Mostly from China.
The following is a list of IP addresses that are currently banned from this site:
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100.42.230.195
101.59.93.90
108.178.26.99
108.171.248.77
109.251.165.10
110.113.125.95
110.184.103.18
110.202.236.170
110.80.*
110.82.*
110.83.*
110.84.*
110.85.*
110.86.*
110.87.*
110.88.45.231
110.90.19.1
111.142.170.250
111.161.64.*
111.172.226.108
111.172.61.114
111.173.12.202
111.174.101.56
111.174.106.72
111.177.*
111.73.45.112
112.111.*
112.80.225.*
113.107.218.22
113.185.2.88
113.22.8.45
113.71.16.226
113.71.18.210
113.72.104.200
113.72.134.85
113.73.104.58
114.219.174.60
114.96.132.*
114.96.134.*
115.210.*
116.21.154.242
116.22.151.222
116.23.1.68
116.23.154.115
117.198.122.236
117.24.19.*
117.24.23.*
117.25.244.*
117.25.245.*
117.26.*
117.28.*
117.30.*
117.62.67.36
118.244.14.94
118.244.147.22
119.120.114.17
119.131.233.*
119.131.252.207
119.4.1.252
119.96.201.67
120.32.*
120.33.*
120.34.122.149
120.35.94.250
120.35.97.89
120.36.*
120.37.*
120.40.*
120.42.*
120.43.*
120.44.125.45
120.90.46.108
121.204.*
121.205.*
121.207.*
121.224.203.6
121.229.113.60
121.62.173.160
121.63.145.12
121.63.220.232
121.97.205.104
122.143.3.104
122.169.51.170
122.174.24.146
123.114.169.41
123.114.176.144
123.116.50.186
123.4.40.214
123.53.82.174
124.253.7.143
124.72.72.26
124.73.91.179
125.112.*
125.113.189.137
125.34.8.86
125.77.*
125.78.*
125.89.62.155
14.114.126.54
142.4.117.37
142.4.123.230
147.255.148.208
147.255.164.204
171.216.177.52
172.255.10*
173.242.118.223
173.254.196.213
174.139.*
175.42.*
175.44.*
178.150.51.125
180.109.57.241
180.76.5.*
180.76.6.*
182.64.213.*
182.68.54.9
183.160.14.217
183.240.73.205
183.250.10.148
183.26.*
183.27.*
183.32.180.132
183.44.64.117
183.44.83.158
183.47.225.126
183.5.141.33
184.22.66.122
192.161.52.251
192.74.236.169
198.15.107.166
199.119.204.55
199.15.234.*
199.15.236.39
199.168.97.138
199.180.102.65
199.182.233.219
202.105.62.115
202.105.63.125
203.205.30.174
204.45.79.246
205.209.143.82
210.14.69.40
210.181.96.55
210.21.68.151
211.158.13.30
211.238.133.167
211.54.93.52
211.97.124.181
211.97.125.199
216.45.53.*
218.107.205.166
218.28.92.115
218.5.90.179
218.50.1.146
218.6.*
218.72.136.222
218.85.144.193
218.85.147.160
218.86.50.154
218.88.120.16
219.136.102.251
219.137.*
219.140.48.123
219.148.38.56
219.154.133.*
220.160.*
220.161.*
220.162.6.242
220.162.78.110
220.180.62.186
220.181.108.*
220.200.*
220.212.6.206
220.242.82.13
220.250.*
221.175.219.250
221.175.254.169
221.206.105.219
221.232.63.39
221.235.200.28
221.235.203.254
222.211.196.*
222.211.199.9
222.212.213.114
222.186.26.32
222.76.*
222.77.*
222.78.72.156
223.240.235.84
27.151.104.145
27.151.73.111
27.153.*
27.154.*
27.155.164.48
27.155.20.119
27.156.58.203
27.159.*
27.22.36.101
27.22.49.149
36.248.*
36.251.*
49.73.26.230
50.117.127.254
58.209.85.29
58.22.*
58.48.33.*
58.49.184.48
59.56.103.1
59.57.*
59.58.*
59.60.*
59.61.*
59.90.209.155
60.168.91.128
60.173.26.36
60.182.103.61
60.182.237.19
60.215.226.88
61.129.70.57
61.131.90.180
61.135.125.210
61.140.112.188
61.154.216.67
61.164.163.138
61.183.81.25
61.241.211.236
63.141.252.250
77.51.34.111
89.47.24.156
91.207.*
94.141.56.161
95.154.195.186
96.44.136.*
98.126.83.227
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Most of them originate in China. And that list is only the latest. I have to wipe it out and start over again every now and again because blocks of IP addresses will change ownership periodically. So an IP address that was from China two years ago might be located in England now. And vise versa.
The spammers appear to have an inexhaustible supply of IP addresses at their disposal, and the garbage they post is not actually intended to try to sell anything at all. It's designed to try to flood and clog the internet. So email is only a part of the entire picture. They are also attacked every website that has any sort of sign up procedure, or anything at all whereby someone on the internet can post messages there.
Vbulletin has internal spam blocks, but the are apparently easily defeated. Which apparently is the case with any defense someone comes up with. Eventually the spammers will figure out a way around it.
So obviously if this site just isn't worth keeping running because participation has just died off to nothing, well, then what is the point of keeping it running?