bbs.spamgourmet.com

Why, when registering at bbs.spamgourmet.com, was I not allowed to use my favorite domain name dfgh.net for my email address? I had to use spamgourmet.com instead.

I made a change to the bbs code to essentially whitelist domains instead of blacklisting them (by reversing the logic in a comparison statement) -- for whatever reason, the change doesn't allow me to whitelist multiple domains patterns, so only spamgourmet.com/net/org/info will work (the match pattern is 'spamgourmet').

I could write more code and probably fix the problem, but it's something that would have to be carefully patched in each time we upgrade the bbs code (as opposed to simply changing a == to != or whatever it was), so I haven't done it.

but, at least I can say that the change has *completely ended* forum spam! - thanks for bearing with me

josh wrote:I made a change to the bbs code to essentially whitelist domains instead of blacklisting them (by reversing the logic in a comparison statement) -- for whatever reason, the change doesn't allow me to whitelist multiple domains patterns, so only spamgourmet.com/net/org/info will work (the match pattern is 'spamgourmet').

I could write more code and probably fix the problem, but it's something that would have to be carefully patched in each time we upgrade the bbs code (as opposed to simply changing a == to != or whatever it was), so I haven't done it.

I was just curious why just spamgourmet.com domain. But as long it cuts down on the spam, GREAT!

BTW, would the website http://www.spamspan.com/ be any help in fighting aspam?

spamspan looks cool -- I haven't used it yet, but I did feature it in the "news" for spamgourmet on May 17, 2006.

Have you used it?

josh wrote:spamspan looks cool -- I haven't used it yet, but I did feature it in the "news" for spamgourmet on May 17, 2006.

Have you used it?

I haven't used it myself. I remember reading about it somewhere (probably slashdot) and bookmarked it for future reference.