To: Mike Powell
  Re: Internet spam
  By: Mike Powell to RICK SMITH on Tue Sep 26 2023 09:04 am

 > From Newsgroup: micronet.bbs
 >
 > >  MP> I had someone do that also.  Left a first-logon message like any
 > >  MP> other real user.  Logged on a time or two after, then started posting
 > >  MP> spam like that. No way to stop those really until after they've done
 > >  MP> it
 > >  MP> that I know of.  
 >
 > > Thanks for the info, I have turned off web access for the moment... But I
 > > gues
 > > that wouldnt stop someone from doing the same thing via telnet?
 >
 > As Jas pointed out, I cannot remeber if my "users" did it via web or
 > telnet.  If I remember correctly, I thought one of them was not via web but
 > it has been several months back.
 >

you don't even have to remember. you have logs that record all this stuff.

if there's a bot that is rigged to do it via the web or telnet... it does not
matter.  change your setup so their script does not work.  security through
obscurity if you have to.
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