Fwd: Account details for sandysuac at Tony-Mac Website Design and Development (pending admin approval)
Dear All, I occasionally get messages like below even though my site is very small and without a login block/form. Is this spam or legit? How can I block such requests? Thanks Tony
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sandysuac has applied for an account.
http://tony-mac.com/drupal/**user/70/edithttp://tony-mac.com/drupal/user/70/edit
Spam bots are probably finding the user URL (http://example.com/user) and the subsequent 'create account' link.
You need to prevent anonymous users from creating accounts.
In Drupal 6 visit admin/user/settings In Drupal 7 visit admin/config/people/accounts
Alternatively, if you do wish to have anonymous users create accounts but prevent spam, you could add a captcha to the account creation form.
Carl Wiedemann Website design and development consulting carl.wiedemann@gmail.com | skype: c4rlww
Do you mean (under D7) the setting under: *Who can register accounts?* I changed it to admin only.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Carl Wiedemann carl.wiedemann@gmail.comwrote:
Spam bots are probably finding the user URL (http://example.com/user) and the subsequent 'create account' link.
You need to prevent anonymous users from creating accounts.
In Drupal 6 visit admin/user/settings In Drupal 7 visit admin/config/people/accounts
Alternatively, if you do wish to have anonymous users create accounts but prevent spam, you could add a captcha to the account creation form.
Carl Wiedemann Website design and development consulting carl.wiedemann@gmail.com | skype: c4rlww
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Also, the Mollom module can help: mollom.com drupal.org/project/mollom
Andre
On Sep 22, 2011, at 15:50, tony maciejowski tony@tony-mac.com wrote:
Do you mean (under D7) the setting under: Who can register accounts? I changed it to admin only.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Carl Wiedemann carl.wiedemann@gmail.com wrote: Spam bots are probably finding the user URL (http://example.com/user) and the subsequent 'create account' link.
You need to prevent anonymous users from creating accounts.
In Drupal 6 visit admin/user/settings In Drupal 7 visit admin/config/people/accounts
Alternatively, if you do wish to have anonymous users create accounts but prevent spam, you could add a captcha to the account creation form.
Carl Wiedemann Website design and development consulting carl.wiedemann@gmail.com | skype: c4rlww
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