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tom23

@SKevo It's really perfect now! Thank you for your work!

djemyjenab

Can someone guide me how to redirect my sub domain to freeflarum? It's correct? My page still cannot link to freeflarum

DNS

luceos

djemyjenab your address needs to end with a . like this twtjogging.freeflarum.com.. Without the dot it will resolve to twtjogging.freeflarum.com.<yourdomain>. Welcome to weird dns principles 😂

djemyjenab

luceos Thank You Sir.

I need to get help with my domain provider, because when I put .com. it revert back to .com

luceos

djemyjenab if that is the case, then the control panel already knows it has to add the .. So you're good. Then I'm out of thoughts and @SKevo will probably need to assist you on this one.

djemyjenab

luceos Thank you @luceos I manage to redirect to FreeFlarum. I just need to configure the CNAME at cPanel hosting, as per my domain provider's advice.

cc @SKevo

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SKevo Hi! For some kind of reason my updated post didn't got posted here. Luckilly its back online again for me. I re-used my password reset mail and it got online again after that error.

22b

Hi, discovered Flarum and FreeFlarum recently, great work!

Apologies if this isn't the correct place to ask this question, would appreciate being redirected if that's the case.

I’m trying to find away for admins and/or moderators to be notified each time a new user registers on FreeFlarum. I can see references to this (e.g. https://discuss.flarum.org/d/20917-friendsofflarum-subscribed/122), but 'Subscribed by FriendsOfFlarum' doesn't seem to be available on FreeFlarum 😐

Not sure if I'm missing something, or if there's a way to get that feature on FreeFlarum?

SKevo

22b hi, you can request new extensions at https://github.com/FreeFlarum/freeflarum.com/issues

As for this particular extension, I am still thinking about how and when to include it. The main issue is that it sends out a lot of email, which could make mail servers flag us as spam.

I have recently modified our mail server configuration, and I will now sign up for feedback loops with mailbox providers such as Gmail and Outlook to see how can I improve it. And when I am sure that no side effects will occur, I will include extensions such as Follow Users and this one, since they are amongst the most requested ones. I'll keep you posted here when I know more

meetdilip

Hi, been a while. Really annoyed by latestdatabase.com spammers. They leave too many posts that I have set every new member on moderation. Is there anything using which we can reject posts with certain URLs?

I tried the spam prevention addon, but no luck. Have set Word Filter but that too takes the post to the mod queue.

Thanks.

SKevo

meetdilip hey, it's been a while indeed, wb!

I am aware of the spam, and I want to implement some global spam block mechanisms for all FreeFlarum forums (such as blocking IPs found in public block lists). You can see my recent announcement here. Unfortunately Cloudflare protection messes up CNAME for custom domains, so that's not an option anymore. If anyone is aware of some way how to counter this spam, then I am open for suggestions. But I will definitely try to dig deeper into it this weekend

22b

SKevo Thanks. I understand the concern with sending out lots of email, so hope you can find a solution 🙂

meetdilip

SKevo hey, it's been a while indeed, wb!

Thanks Kevin. Busy with real life responsibilities. How are you?

meetdilip

Thanks. IIRC there was a plugin which would simply reject posts with certain words. Not sure if it is still around.

SKevo

meetdilip Thanks. IIRC there was a plugin which would simply reject posts with certain words. Not sure if it is still around.

There is Purify which censors words and FoF Filter which should remove posts automatically. I would like to know how the spam works - is it an automatic script that crawls Flarum forums and sends spam? If yes, it's pretty sophisticated since it bypasses most filters, including captchas.

meetdilip Also, from the usernames created, I think that the spammers are either from Pakistan or Bangladesh. Is it possible to block these countries' IP ranges locally through the dashboard?

You could use FoF Ban IPs to block them individually, but as I said, I would rather seek a global solution (for reasons that I have mentioned in my previous announcement)

meetdilip Thanks Kevin. Busy with real life responsibilities. How are you?

Pretty much the same, thanks for asking :) I don't have much time for FreeFlarum ATM because of my exams. But hopefully I'll be able to at least address these issues very soon

meetdilip

Also, from the usernames created, I think that the spammers are either from Pakistan or Bangladesh. Is it possible to block these countries' IP ranges locally through the dashboard?

meetdilip

SKevo FoF Filter which should remove posts automatically.

I think it doesn't. I have had it enabled for a while now. It says

Input text or words to filter, one per line. If the content of a user’s post contains a string you want to filter, it will be flagged for approval. Resistant against 133t.

So I have to manually deal with it in the mod queue.

SKevo I would like to know how the spam works - is it an automatic script that crawls Flarum forums and sends spam? If yes, it's pretty sophisticated since it bypasses most filters, including captchas.

I believe human spammers. They are doing a good job though.

They mainly focus on only 2-3 domain names and sub URLs. So if we can some how stop a topic or post being created if it has a banned word, we pretty much win.

SKevo Pretty much the same, thanks for asking 🙂 I don't have much time for FreeFlarum ATM because of my exams. But hopefully I'll be able to at least address these issues very soon

Focus on your exams. I am sure you are well ahead of your peers 🙂

You are doing a wonderful job already 🏆️

meetdilip

SKevo FoF Ban IPs to block them individually,

I am sure they use dynamic IPs. So their IPs will never be the same.

SKevo

meetdilip I think it doesn't. I have had it enabled for a while now. It says

Input text or words to filter, one per line. If the content of a user’s post contains a string you want to filter, it will be flagged for approval. Resistant against 133t.

So I have to manually deal with it in the mod queue.
[...]
They mainly focus on only 2-3 domain names and sub URLs. So if we can some how stop a topic or post being created if it has a banned word, we pretty much win.

Indeed. TBH, I am not sure whether an extension for that exists, or if this is already a feature in existing extension.

meetdilip Focus on your exams. I am sure you are well ahead of your peers 🙂

You are doing a wonderful job already 🏆️

Thank you :)

Anyways, thank you for all the info. Could you share your forum URL with me (either mail me or DM me at Telegram or somewhere, if you don't want to share publicly)? Also can I create a temporary admin account? I want to investigate it in more detail and block the spammers server-wide, if possible. We can also continue our conversation there

SKevo

luceos

meetdilip SKevo FoF Filter which should remove posts automatically.

I think it doesn't. I have had it enabled for a while now. It says

Input text or words to filter, one per line. If the content of a user’s post contains a string you want to filter, it will be flagged for approval. Resistant against 133t.

So I have to manually deal with it in the mod queue.

meetdilip So if we can some how stop a topic or post being created if it has a banned word, we pretty much win.

I too believe that removing the post right away without holding it for approval would be better, as you can have +100 flagged posts in a couple of minutes, and I can imagine that can be annoying to deal with (saw it on the forum)

meetdilip

Interesting info from a spammer account

meetdilip

This is a spammer who spammed with a new name within 5 minutes of the above spammer

meetdilip

They are on a spamming spree now. The IP changed to 103.166.187.129

2 sessions again. Both Chrome on Windows,3 minutes apart.

Perhaps some method to ban the 103.xx IP range.

ISP from Bangladesh : FastBD Online

https://ipinfo.io/AS142134

The IP range is small : 103.166.186.0/24

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