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FIB - Scams 101 - Ye Olde Archives
Posted By: MaaMaw In Response To: Hey, MaaMaw.. All "Mods"... (Pete Egeler)
Thursday, 22 June 2006, at 7:15 a.m.
I'm the only one who sets up IP blocks, and I *very* rarely do it anymore because I found a way that works much better (and is more frustrating to idiots and trolls).
HOWEVER...
Once upon a time, I banned whole blocks of IP numbers. I was very uncomfortable doing that, but it was recommended as being the only way to stop robot spammers from certain places (Asia Pacific Network comes to mind).
One day last year -- (not as in "once upon a time" but as in "on one specific date") -- FIB traffic crashed, and I do mean CRASHED. It dropped by 50 percent overnight, and in the next three days (literally THREE DAYS), it dropped to 25 percent of normal.
It never recovered.
Over the past 15 months, it has crept slowly back HALFWAY to where it started, which I attribute to normal growth. It's still down 50 percent.
I knew something was rotten in Denmark... I just didn't know it was rotten in Australia or New Zealand.
I could be wrong, but I'm guessing that's what happened... I blocked a spammer and, in doing so, blocked two countries.
The thing about IP blocks is that it doesn't work anyway (yesterday alone, a single spammer posted 17 messages in a row -- from 17 different IP numbers! -- so what's the point??). My new method works *much* better (and it's a lot more fun).
All IP blocks will be ditched from this moment forward.
Thanks, Pete... PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS.
After the crash, I checked *everything* could possibly think of, and I couldn't find any reason for it. I can't wait to see if this helps.
Luv,
MaaMaw
P.S. You mentioned your friend "among others" -- do you actually know for a fact that nobody from Australia or New Zealand has been able to get in, or is that based on one or two people telling you that?? THANKS AGAIN!!! SO SO MUCH!!
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