rejetto forum
General => Everything else => Topic started by: LeoNeeson on July 24, 2024, 12:08:26 AM
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Hi!, this is a message to Rejetto. :) I have his email, but I don't want to bother him with this, so I use this space to report that the forum's email system is completely broken. The forum system DOES NOT send any email. This means the following:
- Users doesn't get notifications of new 'Private Messages', neither of emails sent through the forum.
- Users doesn't get notifications of new posts, in case they were subscribed to get email notifications.
- New users can't signup/register, since they can't get the verification link, sent by the forum via email.
ยป Summarizing: any email sent through the forum, is lost and never sent...
Since this forum is using "OVH Web Hosting", perhaps the following link helps you:
https://help.ovhcloud.com/csm?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0052915
@Rejetto: I hope you can fix it, but there is no pressure on doing it.
Take the time you need, but please don't forget about it. ;)
Thank you, and sorry for opening this thread.
Cheers,
Leo.-
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good to know, thanks.
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it should be fixed now.
sorry guys
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works as expected, bots will be able to have fun again
:o
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it should be fixed now.
Yes, I confirm that now it works... :)
works as expected, bots will be able to have fun again
To avoid bots, according to forum's documentation (https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Spam_-_my_forum_is_flooded_with_spam,_what_can_I_do), "the most efficient anti-spam method provided by SMF" by default, without having to install any -Mod- (modification), is enabling "Verification Questions (https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/SMF2.0:Security_and_Moderation#Verification_Questions)". I've read that adding three simple (but not so obvious) questions stops most bots. I highly recommend adding this to relieve Mars (https://rejetto.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=2913)'s task of cleaning the forum. 8)
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i think the email is not working again.
my provider interrupts the service because a lot of emails fails, because of spammers who register on the forum with invalid addresses.
i think "questions" don't work because i installed the "stop spammer" plugin.
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It's still working here, and I agree that the main reason of all this problem (and also of having too many spam accounts), is the use of fake/disposable email address to register (like you said 'invalid addresses'). If we filter that registration comes ONLY from common respectable email providers, like: Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, Yandex, GMX, QQ, etc. then those spam accounts will be much less.
Reading a forum thread on SMF Community Forum, about "Restrict email providers on registration (https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=274317.msg4167244#msg4167244)", I've found THIS (https://custom.simplemachines.org/index.php?mod=3036) mod, which works with current SMF version, and has a very useful option named "Only allow these providers" (along with preventing people using their email addresses as usernames).
PS: nothing is perfect, since one Gmail account could have MANY email alias (https://gmail.googleblog.com/2008/03/2-hidden-ways-to-get-more-from-your.html) (and register many accounts on the forum using those alias). So, it would be great if we could 'clean' the email username from any "+" (plus symbols) and "." (dots), when someone is using Gmail to register to avoid the 'alias' trick. Perhaps that mod that I mentioned, has this feature too (I don't know).