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[Solved] Temporarily closed signups because of spam signups (self.lemmyworld)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ruud to c/lemmyworld
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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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[โ€“] Limeey 3 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

[โ€“] ruud 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah we use e-mail verification, but the problem was that the spam signups used fake gmail addresses resulting in the mail domain to get blocked. So we'll wait until 0.18.1

[โ€“] ruud 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, we'll wait for 0.18.1.