Removed all User accounts with .ru e-mail

Onkel Neal · 03-07-06, 09:09 PM

Due to the numerous spambots in the database, the DBA has cleared out 674 users with email@mail.ru in their e-mail. It is thought that 99% of these were not real people, just spambots.

If you are a real person from Russia, please accept our apologies and re-sign up.

Neal

Bill Nichols · 03-08-06, 07:16 AM

Neal,

Is this related to the "Advertisements" that have been showing up recently on the "World Naval News"? (Latest being from GoGamer.com?

Onkel Neal · 03-08-06, 08:08 AM

No, that's legit advertising. Long answer: As you may have heard, my long time affiliate for selling games, Chips and Bits, has cratered. They haven't paid me since last year and their affiliate program was suspended (without telling anyone). So I had to switch all the game store links to Amazon and Go Gamer, and they only pay 5% commission, as opposed to Chips' 12% rate (before Chips went under). So that source of funding just got cut in half

and I decided to add an occasional text link on the front page. I added the disclaimer (Advertisement).

Bill Nichols · 03-08-06, 08:50 AM

Rgr, thanks for the update

03-07-06, 09:09 PM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,289 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Removed all User accounts with .ru e-mail Due to the numerous spambots in the database, the DBA has cleared out 674 users with email@mail.ru in their e-mail. It is thought that 99% of these were not real people, just spambots. If you are a real person from Russia, please accept our apologies and re-sign up. Neal

03-08-06, 07:16 AM	#2
Bill Nichols Master of Defense Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,502 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	Neal, Is this related to the "Advertisements" that have been showing up recently on the "World Naval News"? (Latest being from GoGamer.com? __________________ My Dangerous Waters website:

03-08-06, 08:50 AM	#4
Bill Nichols Master of Defense Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,502 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	Rgr, thanks for the update __________________ My Dangerous Waters website:

03-08-06, 08:08 AM	#3
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,289 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	No, that's legit advertising. Long answer: As you may have heard, my long time affiliate for selling games, Chips and Bits, has cratered. They haven't paid me since last year and their affiliate program was suspended (without telling anyone). So I had to switch all the game store links to Amazon and Go Gamer, and they only pay 5% commission, as opposed to Chips' 12% rate (before Chips went under). So that source of funding just got cut in half and I decided to add an occasional text link on the front page. I added the disclaimer (Advertisement).