From: David Ross <dross@...>
Date: 2004-09-29T08:37:32+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyGarden Spam

Patrick May wrote:

>
> On Tuesday, September 28, 2004, at 07:23  PM, David Ross wrote:
>
>> adding a whole isp to a probation list can lead to full scale 
>> lockout. I have dozens of proxies from many ISPs. I like that idea 
>> though. hmmm spam trap....
>>
>> Are you saying to set up a trigger for people who post to a certain 
>> page?
>
>
> No.  It goes further.  You set up a trigger to recognize vandals by IP 
> address.  You push their changes to an alternate database.  They can 
> see the site, they can make changes, they can see their changes on the 
> site.
>
> No one except the other vandals sees their changes.  And every night, 
> everything the vandals do is washed away.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Patrick

Superb idea Patrick. Very interesting. I think that is the better idea 
out of all. Hmm.. I guess there could be multiple ways of detecting 
spammers.

- regex
- trigger page
- morons who try to post 4 in under 10 seconds
- spam detection as other mail filters implement

What other good ways would there be to detect spammers?

--dross