Archive for the 'spam fighting' Category
lowest numbered MX record points to local host
0 Comments Published March 4th, 2011 in linux, spam fighting.I encountered a problem when exim could not receive email to a specific domain name, with an error message like below 2011-03-04 03:10:45 H=mail-gy0-f178.google.com [209.85.160.178] F= temporarily rejected RCPT : lowest numbered MX record points to local host. A simple search lead me to a forum post on WebHostingTalk, exactly the same problem like mine. [...]
Web-based Honeypot – participate!
0 Comments Published August 25th, 2010 in HoneyPot, Security, spam fighting.I cannot deny that ProjectHoneypot is really cool. It will track automated web bots, collect all the data of the bot that it can, even any POST data that the bot will send in any forms. The project participation involve you to put links to a code, hosted on your site’s server. The link will [...]
Spam Check with BotScout.com and StopForumSpam.com through PHP.
2 Comments Published September 25th, 2009 in HoneyPot, PHP, plugins, spam fighting, Wordpress.If you managing a wordpress site, or any CMS, I’m sure you will encounter spam activity. It is actually a bot, or a small program that will come and visit your site, to register or post a comment. Thanks to Akismet, a default plugin that bundled together in WordPress package, that blocked most of it. [...]
