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sangiro

Stopping Dropzone Mail Abuse

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That sounds really reasonable for a free service.

Nuke the bastard.

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Mine hasn't worked when I've tried to use it. I use a lot of PM.

I am laughing! The dictator is benevolent today! Must've had a good weekend:ph34r:



Hey - everyone whe says their email "isn't working"... Do you guys get error messages or is the mail just not coming through?
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Sangiro

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the way they got around this kind of limit on yahoo and hotmail was to write a script to create loads of accounts and send the max on each acount.

maybe you could add an activation period, so they cannot send e-mail for a few days after joining that way you caould spot the bad guys before they start sending.

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You could impliment limitations (15/6) on users with low post numbers (say 25) and/or low membership times (say 3 months). After which the limits are lifted. I think most of the ppl who use the email post pretty often - and if not 3 months will pass quickly anyways. Well of that sort - you get the idea, something to play with. You all say 15/6 sounds good, and it isnt unreasonable, but it can become an issue quickly if you are a regular user of the email esp if its your primary email acct. Most spammers register a nick and spam immediatly. Just some ideas. Derek

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I hardly use the email, i generally stick with PMs. Considering the email is free though, i think you should put limits on it to stop the icky peeple that are abusing it.

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Just think how special you would be....1 of 2 people with Jgirl accounts.



I had a pink canopy, still have the pink pilot chute, and have a little pink on my rig. Will that get me one of those accounts? ;)
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That's what I'm thinking...write a poem and change the terms of use such that the poem is attached to all outgoing mails and under copyright you grant users authority to use it for non-commercial purposes only. Then sue for copyright infringement...or something.

Anyone know a skydiving lawyer willing to work pro-bono?

nathaniel
My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose. Do you hear me, Lebowski?

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HH: I think some leg breaking is in order. Seriously though, your limits should put a big dent in his ability to send piles of SPAM. And I agree with Nathaniel, insert a copyrighted phrase in the headers and make it's use non-commercial only. This is being done by an anti-spam organization on the Internet now. I'm not sure what success they are having with it, but I'll try to find it and PM you with what I find.

Patrick
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Copyright infringement....what an interesting concept! Anyone know how that actually works?

Hey, HH, I don't use my e-mail at all...got 6 e-mails there in the last 2 years...no errors, just no use. Do what you need to do to protect this place...and let us at 'em if the need arises....I do have a free personal attack coming....;)

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Michele



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While our hearts lie bleeding?~

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