Speaking of spam - is there a way to (as admin of course) quickly nuke an user and every trace of his existence, delete all his submissions, pages, comments, uploads, everything?
Greetings, Lilianne E. Blaze Campbell, Timothy D wrote: > Hi, > I changed the rights of comments for the guest and I'm also using a > verification email to ensure more protect from spam but I was wondering is > there a way to delete the spam on my spaces such as the photos space that did > not disappear as the main page? > > Thanks > > Tim > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Esbach, Brandon > Sent: Mon 9/10/2007 11:55 AM > To: XWiki Users > Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Spam attack...register new user > > > > Well, > > I must admit, spammers and ther ilk certainly show a lot of tenacity. > While it's true that nobody but them will see their adds, I doubt they > care - usually it's "how many, how fast", and not "how many would buy" > that pays. > > There is a "comment" permission which you can lock down though; but I > was surprised to see the "attachment" permission gone. Is there a > reason attachment was removed since 0.9? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 September 2007 14:55 > To: XWiki Users > Subject: [xwiki-users] Spam attack...register new user > > Hi, > > This may not be new to some of you, but it is new to me. > > This summer, one of my sites saw many spam 'ad comments' on new user > pages. Someone register himself/herself and leave comments on the > register new user page (which I should not left open to all). > > I guess someone hired summer students to do this, they may want to > google bomb with links on many web sites pointing to their sites. So, > this 1+1= method did not stop spammers. > > I only show user lists to admin, so this attack did not add any value to > spammers. I changed the access control, so that visitors can not welcome > themselves to be a user. > > So, XWiki admins, you are informed. This is just my two cents. > > Wei-hsing > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
