Blocking .ru URLs

icon1 Posted by Geoserv in Headline, Modules on 11 16th, 2008 | View Comments | 2,586 views

If your site is anything like mine, you will be flooded with spam posts from .ru (Russian) websites. Heres how to use .htaccess to block these submissions by disallowing them to register.

Open your .htaccess

add the contents of the attached download to it.

  Block .ru (47.4 KiB, 690 hits)

This will block registrations from Russia.

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  • Great idea on blocking that URL extension. Often than times than not people associated with that domain extension will be spammers for sure!

    Till then,

    Jean
  • Awesome idea! Do you know how we cn prevent spammers from posting spam urls? There's a guy tht posts hundres of different stories all with the same url. How is this possible

  • Awesome idea! Do you know how we can prevent spammers from posting spam urls? There's a guy tht posts hundres of different stories all with the same url. How is this possible
  • Make sure you have Antispam enabld in the Config Panel.
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    Is there a reason the .txt file you attached is blank?
  • Awesome idea! Do you know how we can prevent spammers from posting spam urls? There's a guy that posts hundreds of different stories all with the same url. How is this possible?

    Thanks
  • You can ban his URL, just click "Admin Link" for one of his submission, then click "Change Status" in there is an option to ban the URL.

    Make sure you have Antispam enabled in the Config Panel.
  • Thanks man! I didn't know that. When I click the admin it didnt have that option, but I didnt have the antispam enabled.

    Thanks
  • Glad to help my friend.
  • it is really nice post.keep it up ......
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