Comments on: An interesting anti-spam idea? http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/02/22/an-interesting-anti-spam-idea/ Your premium source for custom modification services for phpBB Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:39:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dave.rathbun http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/02/22/an-interesting-anti-spam-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-1681 dave.rathbun Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:55:27 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=92#comment-1681 You would be surprised. :-) Every single registration that I have had on my biggest board from a domain that was created in 2007 is a spammer. Every. Single. One. I did not have any legitimate users register so far this year that belong to a domain that was created this year. The main flaw I am finding is that there are plenty of domains that don't report creation dates on their whois results. Puts a damper on this idea. You would be surprised. :-) Every single registration that I have had on my biggest board from a domain that was created in 2007 is a spammer. Every. Single. One. I did not have any legitimate users register so far this year that belong to a domain that was created this year.

The main flaw I am finding is that there are plenty of domains that don’t report creation dates on their whois results. Puts a damper on this idea.

]]> By: eviL3 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/2007/02/22/an-interesting-anti-spam-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-1677 eviL3 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:49:25 +0000 http://www.phpbbdoctor.com/blog/?p=92#comment-1677 That's an interesting idea. I doubt that all bots have 2 week old domains, but i havn't checked it either :) That’s an interesting idea. I doubt that all bots have 2 week old domains, but i havn’t checked it either :)

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