No new gmail.com addresses

Nighthawk · #1 (**permalink**) 02-16-2011, 12:20 PM

Ok, I've gotten about 1000 fake/spam account requests in the past two months and about 70% of them have gmail.com accounts. So, I'm discontinuing the ability for new accounts to be made with gmail. If you think this sucks and your only email is gmail, shoot me an email on my posted email address on the front page and I'll manually make you an account.

Here is a SMALL snipit of why I'm having to do this... I just don't have enough hours in the day to deal with this.

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01BUmany valen.tink.a.te.r.em.e.n.te.va.1.9.87@gmail.com 95.26.39.56
01OFasia d.a.r.i.ana.sev.a.stop.o.l.ev.n.a.1.978@gmail.com 95.26.175.50
01SNraeann m.ar.i.an.oc.hk.a.t.u.eb.n.ev.a.y.a.1981@gmail.com 89.178.192.28
01XYlanora mari.an.oc.h.ka.t.uebnev.a.ya.1.9.81@gmail.com 95.27.172.248
02DOmathilda ma.r.iano.ch.ka.t.ue.bnev.a.y.a.19.81@gmail.com 93.80.191.153
02YXjohnathon m.a.r.i.an.oc.hk.a.tueb.n.e.v.ay.a.1.981@gmail.com 93.80.254.215
03IDflora m.a.riano.chka.tuebnevaya.1981@gmail.com 95.27.138.1
03JMcoreen mar.i.ano.c.hk.at.u.e.b.ne.v.a.y.a1.981@gmail.com 89.178.241.232
03LOgavin va.l.e.nt.i.n.ka.ter.e.ment.ev.a1.987@gmail.com 95.24.225.91
03NVpage ma.riano.c.h.ka.t.ueb.n.e.v.ay.a1981@gmail.com 95.27.223.203
03VDcassi da.r.ia.na.s.e.va.sto.po.levn.a1.978@gmail.com 95.27.172.158
04AThalley ri.toc.hk.au.st.i.ho.m.ir.ovna1.985@gmail.com 95.26.175.7
04QBrosalee ma.r.i.an.o.chkat.u.e.bne.v.ay.a.19.81@gmail.com 89.178.171.201
04ROnorbert val.e.n.t.i.n.ka.t.e.rem.en.te.v.a1.987@gmail.com 95.27.244.154
04TKisobel ma.r.i.a.noch.k.at.uebn.eva.y.a1981@gmail.com 95.26.60.163
04VAdouglass v.alen.tin.k.at.e.rem.en.teva.1.987@gmail.com 93.80.78.1
05DYeryn vale.nt.inka.ter.e.men.t.e.v.a.1.9.87@gmail.com 95.26.39.13
05KNlavonia va.len.tin.k.a.ter.em.e.nt.eva1.9.87@gmail.com 95.26.239.95
05OVsamantha ma.r.ia.n.och.kat.u.ebn.ev.a.ya.1.981@gmail.com 95.26.207.48
05PHevonne da.ria.n.as.ev.asto.p.o.l.ev.na.19.78@gmail.com 95.26.231.211
05QGjillian v.a.lent.inkat.er.em.e.nt.eva19.87@gmail.com 95.24.170.217
05XFchanel v.a.l.e.n.ti.n.k.a.te.r.em.e.nte.va1987@gmail.com 95.24.170.52
05XLrema m.a.r.ia.noc.h.k.at.u.ebne.va.ya.1.9.81@gmail.com 93.80.254.22
06AQgeorgeann m.a.r.ia.n.oc.hk.atu.e.b.ne.vaya1981@gmail.com 95.26.191.67
06JQardelle mar.i.anoch.k.a.tu.ebn.eva.y.a1981@gmail.com 95.27.138.118
07HTstephane vale.nti.n.k.at.er.e.me.nt.eva.19.87@gmail.com 89.178.175.234
07LProseann m.a.ri.anochk.at.u.e.bne.v.a.ya.1.981@gmail.com 95.27.138.1
07MZzulma ma.r.i.a.no.chk.a.t.ue.bn.ev.aya1981@gmail.com 95.26.176.39
07NLgertrudis v.a.l.e.n.t.i.nk.a.t.e.r.emen.t.eva.1987@gmail.com 95.27.160.127
07OUhyo mari.a.nochka.tu.e.b.nev.aya.1.9.81@gmail.com 95.26.76.151
07RMmalorie valen.t.inka.te.r.e.men.t.e.v.a1987@gmail.com 95.26.64.235
07SEmargrett r.it.oc.h.ka.h.o.usesh.o.ps.e.xy1971@gmail.com 95.24.223.61

And yes, I've also banned a lot of networks by IP address that are the common abusers including the 95.24.0.0/22 network as well as @mail.ru email addresses. That should get rid of about 95% of the spammer applications. But, since I figure all of those affected by the previous sentence are ALWAYS bullshit, but gmail addresses sometimes (but rarely) are a real person applying... I figured that a heads up is in order.