Clover13 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 Just noting amidst an active spam attack that many of the spammers have local IPs (VPN?) but their timezones are set to places like Kolkata India. Any way to set a Spam rule to check timezone to enforce a moderator approval? The chances of a user being outside a US timezone in my case is basically zero. I know not applicable for all (i.e. worldwide sites), but for us, it would cut down on that spam attack angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheersnGears Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 a corollary to this could be a check if the timezone doesn't match the timezone of the IP address, it might bump up the spam score a bit. They might not be using a local VPN, but they could be on a VPS in the US that is running a script. Clover13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel F Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 You can hear Charles mentioning Spam Protection Improvements at minute 11:55😇 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheersnGears Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 7 minutes ago, Daniel F said: You can hear Charles mentioning Spam Protection Improvements at minute 11:55😇 But no details 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clover13 Posted May 3, 2023 Author Share Posted May 3, 2023 As if the spammers are watching this topic, suddenly they changed their timezone to a US based one. Marc Stridgen and Daniel F 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Stridgen Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 12 hours ago, CheersnGears said: But no details 😞 Like to keep you on your toes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassangler Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 On 5/3/2023 at 1:15 PM, Clover13 said: As if the spammers are watching this topic, suddenly they changed their timezone to a US based one. Yup. This topic needs to be deleted Clover13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clover13 Posted May 19, 2023 Author Share Posted May 19, 2023 10 minutes ago, bassangler said: Yup. This topic needs to be deleted There were some recent topics on the spam issue, a number of people getting hit with waves. @Arthmoor's recommendation is the best one I've seen so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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