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gmail.com and gmx.com are banned

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I've banned all e-mail adresses from gmx.com as we have had no legitimate users from them but a swathe of spammers. If anybody needs to register with gmx.com then send an e-mail to admin@theportforum.com.

I am now also fed up with G-Mail. Over the past few weeks nearly half of all new spam users have been gmail.com accounts, so I'm banning it again. If anybody wants to sign up with a gmail account then again e-mail to admin@theportforum.com and we will sort it out for you. Sorry for the inconvenience but blame it on the low-lives that inundate us with junk.
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Please could *@hotmail.com be added to the ban list

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Please could *@hotmail.com be added to the list of unacceptables?
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jdaw1 wrote:Please could *@hotmail.com be added to the list of unacceptables?
Much as I'd love to, we have several legitimate hotmail users, whilst only one gmail. The quantity of gmail spammers was ludicrous. I've noticed that the number of fakes has decreased recently so I'm willing to let hotmail ride for a while. Let me know the number of hotmail accounts that you kill.
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Three today.

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Three today.
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Make that four so far today.

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Make that four so far today.
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Score so far: five hotmail spammers today.

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Now five hotmailers today, plus a Russian.
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Only one hotmailler so far today for me.

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Only one hotmailler so far today for me.
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One today.

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One today.
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One so far today.

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One so far today.
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I am a hotmail user but happy to switch to a different email accout if it helps.

Let me know - and advise me what to do if so.
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The proposed change would affect only registration

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The proposed change would affect only the process of registration — which you’ve survived.
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One so far today.

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One so far today.

Edit: make that two.
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Three hotmailers in the last few hours.

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Three hotmailers in the last few hours.

Edit: and a fourth while I posted.
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Hotmailers

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Two more yesterday, two so far today, including the exciting-named *MrBeann*.
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It's manageable. Hotmail is very popular with real people as well as spammers and I'd like to get the real people at the expense of knocking out two or three spammers per day.
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