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

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So some spam signups just happened (all [email protected] 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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Same on Geddit.social

Also fixed now!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year 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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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year 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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, we'll wait for 0.18.1.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Maybe ask users with no activity or suspected activity to verify again. But how do you do that without email?

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year 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?

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