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  • JamesJWegJamesJWeg Registered Users Posts: 795 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    same here, 6 so far, don't fear, SM will have it cleared up soon.

    James.
    http://pics.jamesjweg.com
    http://www.jamesjweg.com
  • iamagooiamagoo Registered Users Posts: 45 Big grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    Long Distance please...
    I have a collect call for a Mr. Teknow Warrier. Will you accept the challenge? C'mon take this Real Estate guy on like his punkass predecessor. I got one from him a few minutes ago.umph.gif
    http://www.chrismccooey.photography/
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    JamesJWeg wrote:
    same here, 6 so far, don't fear, SM will have it cleared up soon.

    James.

    I've notified Onethumb.
    Andy

    Portfolio • Workshops • Facebook • Twitter
  • flyingdutchieflyingdutchie Registered Users Posts: 1,286 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    bygates wrote:
    same here - just started a couple of minutes ago. back to enabling comment approval ... 8 so far, but it just started.

    Where can i turn on 'comment approval'? Can't find the button :D
    I can't grasp the notion of time.

    When I hear the earth will melt into the sun,
    in two billion years,
    all I can think is:
        "Will that be on a Monday?"
    ==========================
    http://www.streetsofboston.com
    http://blog.antonspaans.com
  • flyingdutchieflyingdutchie Registered Users Posts: 1,286 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    Never mind... found the button
    flyingdutchie wrote:
    Where can i turn on 'comment approval'? Can't find the button :D

    Never mind... found the button! :D
    I can't grasp the notion of time.

    When I hear the earth will melt into the sun,
    in two billion years,
    all I can think is:
        "Will that be on a Monday?"
    ==========================
    http://www.streetsofboston.com
    http://blog.antonspaans.com
  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    flyingdutchie wrote:
    Where can i turn on 'comment approval'? Can't find the button :D

    go to the control panel and view your comments. Up in the top right is a button that says enable comment approval.

    mikelane2.smugmug.com and customize.smugmug.com have been spammed fyi. Comments are still disabled for all of mikelane.smugmug.com (and will remain that way for some time I suppose).
    Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance.

    http://photos.mikelanestudios.com/
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    flyingdutchie wrote:
    Where can i turn on 'comment approval'? Can't find the button :D


    Thanks for writing and thanks for letting us know. Yes, we had a comment spammer. Our engineers are working on the problem, and hopefully they'll be able to delete the spam comments for you.

    You can change your comment email alert preferences by going to Control Panel>Mail Preferences
    You can enable comment approval by following the instructions here:
    http://www.smugmug.com/help/photo-sharing-comments

    Please watch our Support Forum http://www.dgrin.com/forumdisplay.php?f=12 for updates.

    We'll continue to monitor the system. Please let us know if you experience any more comment problems. I'm sorry for the hassle.
    Andy

    Portfolio • Workshops • Facebook • Twitter
  • flyingdutchieflyingdutchie Registered Users Posts: 1,286 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    Mike Lane wrote:
    go to the control panel and view your comments. Up in the top right is a button that says enable comment approval.

    mikelane2.smugmug.com and customize.smugmug.com have been spammed fyi. Comments are still disabled for all of mikelane.smugmug.com (and will remain that way for some time I suppose).

    I just want to walk up to that SPAM dude (or dude-ess) and bitch-slap him silly! :beatwax
    (I'm a 6'7" tall guy, so that could be very entertaining. Anyone bring a camera!?)
    I can't grasp the notion of time.

    When I hear the earth will melt into the sun,
    in two billion years,
    all I can think is:
        "Will that be on a Monday?"
    ==========================
    http://www.streetsofboston.com
    http://blog.antonspaans.com
  • rainforest1155rainforest1155 Registered Users Posts: 4,566 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    I just turned on comment approval and wanted to let you know that I've also received 7 spam comments, but they are gone already! thumb.gif

    Is this the same guy or did somebody copy the action of the yesterday guy?


    Thanks for the quick fix,
    Sebastian
    Sebastian
    SmugMug Support Hero
  • onethumbonethumb Administrators Posts: 1,269 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    Fascha wrote:
    It's like a video game. The second wave is coming, did SM get their powerups?

    Yeah, so yesterday I had fun keeping the losers' TCP sockets open. I hope I crashed his box.

    Today I have a little less patience, so everytime he tries to post a spam, I dump a few hundred GBs worth of junk data back at him.

    Let's see who has more bandwidth - me or him. :)

    Don
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    Looks like Don was able to delete the spam comments.
    Andy

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  • boyersmileboyersmile Registered Users Posts: 41 Big grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    I just received 2 comment notification emails. They were for 2 of the same pictures that were spammed yesterday. When I click on the link in the email, there isn't a comment posted. It looks like the SWAT team is already working behind the scenes and deleting these for us. At least mine have been deleted. Wow- what super support. clap.gif I would love to see one of these little scums attacked by a group of angry muggers:beatwax

    Thanks for the great support by smugmug.

    Miles

    Edited to add that it looks like I type too slow. Onethumb confirmed my reply. I'm giddy just thinking about how much fun it would be to crash this spammers box with GBs of garbage.
    www.milesboyer.com
    www.boyersmile.smugmug.com
  • bwgbwg Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,119 SmugMug Employee
    edited February 22, 2006
    onethumb wrote:
    Yeah, so yesterday I had fun keeping the losers' TCP sockets open. I hope I crashed his box.

    Today I have a little less patience, so everytime he tries to post a spam, I dump a few hundred GBs worth of junk data back at him.

    Let's see who has more bandwidth - me or him. :)

    Don
    admit it, while this guy might be a PITA, you're enjoying yourself.
    Pedal faster
  • flyingdutchieflyingdutchie Registered Users Posts: 1,286 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    onethumb wrote:
    Yeah, so yesterday I had fun keeping the losers' TCP sockets open. I hope I crashed his box.

    Today I have a little less patience, so everytime he tries to post a spam, I dump a few hundred GBs worth of junk data back at him.

    Let's see who has more bandwidth - me or him. :)

    Don

    I love what you do to him/her, but you got to be careful with that. Two wrongs don't make a right. If you cause damage to his servers, etc, i won't be surprised if he actually could come after you (legally).
    I can't grasp the notion of time.

    When I hear the earth will melt into the sun,
    in two billion years,
    all I can think is:
        "Will that be on a Monday?"
    ==========================
    http://www.streetsofboston.com
    http://blog.antonspaans.com
  • onethumbonethumb Administrators Posts: 1,269 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    flyingdutchie wrote:
    I love what you do to him/her, but you got to be careful with that. Two wrongs don't make a right. If you cause damage to his servers, etc, i won't be surprised if he actually could come after you (legally).

    He's opening a connection to MY server. I'm simply sending him an appropriate response.

    He can close the connection if he'd like to - but he requested MY data.

    I'm on pretty firm legal ground. :)

    Don
  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    onethumb wrote:
    He's opening a connection to MY server. I'm simply sending him an appropriate response.

    He can close the connection if he'd like to - but he requested MY data.

    I'm on pretty firm legal ground. :)

    Don

    Send him a few hundred GBs of these: FLIPA.gif
    Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance.

    http://photos.mikelanestudios.com/
  • ReneesEyesReneesEyes Registered Users Posts: 92 Big grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    Get him!

    Anyone else still getting notifications trickling in? I guess he is done spamming, the notices are just a bit late?

    Thanks for deleting the comments all in bulk. I didn't have too many, but what a nightmare for those that had a lot!
    www.reneesumner.smugmug.com
    http://www.reneesumner.com

  • boyersmileboyersmile Registered Users Posts: 41 Big grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    Is this huge amount of garbage data your sending out causing problems with our (smugmug's) server? I haven't been able to access any smugmug sites for the past few minutes. Oh well, if that is what it takes to get rid of this scum, I guess it will be worth it.

    Miles
    www.milesboyer.com
    www.boyersmile.smugmug.com
  • peestandinguppeestandingup Registered Users Posts: 489 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    Onethumb, is there a way you can make the bastards computer explode or give him one of these? yelrotflmao.gif
  • flyingdutchieflyingdutchie Registered Users Posts: 1,286 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    onethumb wrote:
    He's opening a connection to MY server. I'm simply sending him an appropriate response.

    He can close the connection if he'd like to - but he requested MY data.

    I'm on pretty firm legal ground. :)

    Don

    You're right.. i like your thinking :D
    I can't grasp the notion of time.

    When I hear the earth will melt into the sun,
    in two billion years,
    all I can think is:
        "Will that be on a Monday?"
    ==========================
    http://www.streetsofboston.com
    http://blog.antonspaans.com
  • aero-nutaero-nut Registered Users Posts: 693 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    onethumb wrote:
    Yeah, so yesterday I had fun keeping the losers' TCP sockets open. I hope I crashed his box.

    Today I have a little less patience, so everytime he tries to post a spam, I dump a few hundred GBs worth of junk data back at him.

    Let's see who has more bandwidth - me or him. :)

    Don

    clap.gif Awesome.
    -Kendall

    http://www.desertshadowphoto.com
    http://aero-nut.smugmug.com
  • onethumbonethumb Administrators Posts: 1,269 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2006
    aero-nut wrote:
    clap.gif Awesome.

    This guy is still going. None of his comments have made it through since like 8:30am, but he's still pounding us.

    What a dork.

    Don
  • onethumbonethumb Administrators Posts: 1,269 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    onethumb wrote:
    This guy is still going. None of his comments have made it through since like 8:30am, but he's still pounding us.

    What a dork.

    Don

    As seen on our release notes, CAPTCHA is live now. Hopefully this will help. :)

    Don
  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    onethumb wrote:
    As seen on our release notes, CAPTCHA is live now. Hopefully this will help. :)

    Don

    yeeowza that was fast!
    Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance.

    http://photos.mikelanestudios.com/
  • ScalaScala Registered Users Posts: 95 Big grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    onethumb wrote:
    As seen on our release notes, CAPTCHA is live now. Hopefully this will help. :)

    Don
    Does the code have to be that obscure? It's quite hard to read on my laptop at 1024x768. I've yet to try at 1600x1200 on my 21" monitor...

    I've gotten some 5 comments in 1,5 years so far, now I expect to get a lot less. Part of this maybe has to do with the fact that Finns are not the most talkative people. :)
    My smugmug site: www.majakorpi.net
  • onethumbonethumb Administrators Posts: 1,269 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    Scala wrote:
    Does the code have to be that obscure? It's quite hard to read on my laptop at 1024x768. I've yet to try at 1600x1200 on my 21" monitor...

    I've gotten some 5 comments in 1,5 years so far, now I expect to get a lot less. Part of this maybe has to do with the fact that Finns are not the most talkative people. :)

    Unfortunately, it has to be mildly difficult to read - otherwise a computer could also read it easily.

    We tried to find a good balance of readability, usability (see the link there to get another one in case you can't read the one you got?), and security. I think we did a pretty good job, imho.

    FYI, I was testing it at 1920x1200 and have no trouble reading most of them. Maybe I'm unique, though?

    Don
  • ScalaScala Registered Users Posts: 95 Big grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    onethumb wrote:
    FYI, I was testing it at 1920x1200 and have no trouble reading most of them. Maybe I'm unique, though?
    That must be a widescreen LCD with a hefty dot pitch. Or you were just sitting close enough. :)

    While it may be hard to read for some, the way you handle a wrong code submit is very nice. Ajax to the rescue in this regard I guess.

    I think the image could be a bit larger since it is shown only after opening the comment input box anyway.

    Edit: I really need to remember to write a sig sometime. In the meantime, here's something for Google: http://www.majakorpi.net
    My smugmug site: www.majakorpi.net
  • boyersmileboyersmile Registered Users Posts: 41 Big grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    I hate that we have to take such drastic measures, but I guess it will be worth it. I receive an average of 4 comments per day. (I have a photo of the day gallery that gets a lot of attention) I'm anxious to see how this will affect my viewers. I can see that some people will have problems reading the code, but at least they have an option to view a new code. Hopefully they won't be to afraid to try something new. I know some people hate change, and this isn't part of the usual routine. Overall, I think this will be a good thing.

    Kudos to the smugmug team. Wow, what a week!!!. Spammers and DoS attacks at the same time. I think you've handled it well. Thanks

    Miles
    www.milesboyer.com
    www.boyersmile.smugmug.com
  • flyingdutchieflyingdutchie Registered Users Posts: 1,286 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    onethumb wrote:
    As seen on our release notes, CAPTCHA is live now. Hopefully this will help. :)

    Don

    Thanks! Wow, that was FAST!!! thumb.gif
    I can't grasp the notion of time.

    When I hear the earth will melt into the sun,
    in two billion years,
    all I can think is:
        "Will that be on a Monday?"
    ==========================
    http://www.streetsofboston.com
    http://blog.antonspaans.com
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