I've noticed lately that people are starting to use SBBS for drug
advertising. That is very sad for the BBS world.

$ The Millionaire $

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Re: Synchronet BBS used for drug ads
By: The Millionaire to All on Fri Jul 03 2020 06:50 pm

I've noticed lately that people are starting to use SBBS for drug advertising. That is very sad for the BBS world.

It's coming from a couple BBSes that don't have their stuff locked down. Contact the Sysop if it bothers you.


I'm thinking it may not be a bad idea to add a flag to a user that signs up via the web interface, and disallow posting by default for users with that flag in new synchronet installs.

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Re: Synchronet BBS used for drug ads
By: The Millionaire to All on Fri Jul 03 2020 06:50 pm

I've noticed lately that people are starting to use SBBS for drug advertising. That is very sad for the BBS world.

It's coming from a couple BBSes that don't have their stuff
locked down. Contact the Sysop if it bothers you.

I'm thinking it may not be a bad idea to add a flag to a user
that signs up via the web interface, and disallow posting by
default for users with that flag in new synchronet installs.

I'll second that motion. Damn fine idea.



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Re: Synchronet BBS used for drug ads
By: DaiTengu to The Millionaire on Sat Jul 04 2020 18:38:48

I'm thinking it may not be a bad idea to add a flag to a user that signs up via the web interface,
and disallow posting by default for users with that flag in new synchronet installs.

For ecwebv4, newuser_restrictions is an optional setting in modopts.ini -> [web]. Adding E, M, N, and P by default is possible. The user should be told/forced to send a message to the sysop, or the sysop otherwise notified.

I have zero interest in working on this right now, but maybe in the next couple of days.

Can't fix what's already out there, though. Those who care about this might reach out to the offending sysop(s) and ask them to fix their shit.

I'll accept approximately 42% of the blame for this.

FWIW, I don't think I allow newuser reg via the web on my board, and it is currently disabled by default for new installs of ecwebv4.

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On 07-04-20 18:38, DaiTengu wrote to The Millionaire <=-

It's coming from a couple BBSes that don't have their stuff locked
down. Contact the Sysop if it bothers you.

I did last week, when a spammer posted to all of DOVE-Net. Never heard back from the sysop (I used QWK netmail).

I'm thinking it may not be a bad idea to add a flag to a user that
signs up via the web interface, and disallow posting by default for
users with that flag in new synchronet installs.

Might be a good idea.


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The wrote:

I've noticed lately that people are starting to use SBBS for drug advertising. That is very sad for the BBS world.

$ The Millionaire $

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These are from the alt.bbs.syncrhonet newsgroup. Unfortunately, when you gate to usenet, you're going to get this crap come through.

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Gamgee wrote to DaiTengu <=-

I'm thinking it may not be a bad idea to add a flag to a user
that signs up via the web interface, and disallow posting by
default for users with that flag in new synchronet installs.

I'll second that motion. Damn fine idea.

Thirded.




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echicken wrote to DaiTengu <=-

For ecwebv4, newuser_restrictions is an optional setting in modopts.ini

[web]. Adding E, M, N, and P by default is possible. The user should be

told/

forced to send a message to the sysop, or the sysop otherwise notified.

I don't see that in the version of modopts.ini in CVS, assuming it's
just newuser_restrictions, and comma-delimited?

FWIW, I don't think I allow newuser reg via the web on my board, and it
is currently disabled by default for new installs of ecwebv4.

Not a bad idea - I'd rather have them go through the login/reg
process and see the board first.



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Re: Re: Synchronet BBS used for drug ads
By: poindexter FORTRAN to echicken on Sun Jul 05 2020 07:54:00

I don't see that in the version of modopts.ini in CVS, assuming it's
just newuser_restrictions, and comma-delimited?

This setting isn't applied by default. If a sysop wants to use it, they need to add that key/value pair to modopts.ini -> [web]. It's mentioned in the wiki of the GitHub repo for webv4.

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On 07-05-20 05:18, Nelgin wrote to The Millionaire <=-

These are from the alt.bbs.syncrhonet newsgroup. Unfortunately, when
you gate to usenet, you're going to get this crap come through.

Not all are. Yes, some of the spam over the last day or two has come from the newsgroup, but other spam appears to have come directly from a BBS, most likely due to an unsecured web interface.


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Re: Synchronet BBS used for drug ads
By: echicken to DaiTengu on Sat Jul 04 2020 11:24 pm

For ecwebv4, newuser_restrictions is an optional setting in modopts.ini -> [web]. Adding E, M, N, and P by default is possible. The user should be told/forced to send a message to the sysop, or the sysop otherwise notified.
I have zero interest in working on this right now, but maybe in the next couple of days.
Can't fix what's already out there, though. Those who care about this might reach out to the offending sysop(s) and ask them to fix their shit. I'll accept approximately 42% of the blame for this.
FWIW, I don't think I allow newuser reg via the web on my board, and it is currently disabled by default for new installs of ecwebv4.

No way, ec... you can't feel bad for extending the functionality of this software. It's awesome that you post ways to fix an issue, but I would much rather be richer from the work you've already done than have have you stop because a future issue might arise!!

You rock, and the group of folks who bust their ass for Synchronet are the reason I use the software. Thank yous!

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On 7/3/2020 6:50 PM, The Millionaire wrote:

I've noticed lately that people are starting to use SBBS for drug advertising. That is very sad for the BBS world.

Nobody is using SBBS for that... it's coming in from nntp/usenet access
via spam bots.

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On 7/4/2020 4:38 PM, DaiTengu wrote:

I'm thinking it may not be a bad idea to add a flag to a user that signs up via the web interface, and disallow posting by default for users with that flag in new synchronet installs.

The latest posts don't seem to be originating from any given bbs, but
from nntp/usenet gateway... it's coming from the general internet and
not much beyond filtering/deleting locally can be done about it.

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Re: Synchronet BBS used for drug ads
By: The Millionaire to All on Fri Jul 03 2020 18:50:38

I've noticed lately that people are starting to use SBBS for drug advertising. That is very sad for the BBS world.

once again, you're not paying attention... those are forum spambots... they're fairly intelligent and can set up accounts for use on forums and apparently now on some BBS web interfaces... in most cases i've tracked over the
years, they are a one-shot dump and run and they're likely to never appear on that site again...


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Re: Synchronet BBS used for drug ads
By: echicken to DaiTengu on Sat Jul 04 2020 11:24 pm

For ecwebv4, newuser_restrictions is an optional setting in modopts.ini -> [web]. Adding E, M, N, and P by default is possible. The user should be told/forced to send a message to the sysop, or the sysop otherwise notified.

Probably should just enable that by default, I guess? I dunno. I'm bad with ACL stuff.

I have zero interest in working on this right now, but maybe in the next couple of days.

I know that feeling. No rush.

Can't fix what's already out there, though. Those who care about this might reach out to the offending sysop(s) and ask them to fix their shit.

I netmailed a couple of the sysops, they replied and said their shit was fixed.

I'll accept approximately 42% of the blame for this.

I think that's too high. by about 40%.

DaiTengu

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Re: Re: Synchronet BBS used for drug ads
By: Tracker1 to DaiTengu on Mon Jul 06 2020 06:53 am

I'm thinking it may not be a bad idea to add a flag to a user that
signs up via the web interface, and disallow posting by default for
users with that flag in new synchronet installs.

The latest posts don't seem to be originating from any given bbs, but from nntp/usenet gateway... it's coming from the general internet and
not much beyond filtering/deleting locally can be done about it.

Yeah, I saw those, but I was talking about the ones that showed up a week or so ago. :)

DaiTengu

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El 3/7/20 a las 22:50, The Millionaire escribi¢:

I've noticed lately that people are starting to use SBBS for drug advertising. That is very sad for the BBS world.

don't use drugs?

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El 3/7/20 a las 22:50, The Millionaire escribi¢:

don't use drugs?

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No.

$ The Millionaire $

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It's happening all over again.

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Re: Synchronet BBS used for drug ads
By: The Millionaire to All on Mon Jul 27 2020 05:28 pm

It's happening all over again.

You've been around this long and you still don't seem to undertand how BBSes work.

DaiTengu

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