[bbDev] Random username emails sent to my subdomain from bbPress install

[Sannamaria]

I receive those emails because I own the domain. And since I don´t use that
domain when sending email, I haven´t configured any mailboxes nor settings.

Installation is at http://www.virtual.fi/bb/

On 9/30/05, whistlerke <whistlerke at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Doesn't sound too good... Maybe it's a good idea to add CAPTCHA-support on
> registration. Can you add that on the tickets-list?
>
> If it is spam (and probably it is, I think), there is not much you can do.
> It is weird that you receive the emails for new passwords (however, the
> email adresses don't exist, you said). Can you give me the URL to your
> running bbPress installation?
>
> 2005/9/30, Sannamaria <sannamaria at gmail.com>:
> >
> > I have received about twenty registrations with random usernames and
> > non-existing email addresses that end with my domain. When I look at the
> > userdata, it looks like spam bot gone mad. All the registarion fields are
> > filled with links to other sites, same shite you get in blog comment spam.
> >
> > -s-
> >
> >
> > On 9/30/05, Olle Jonsson <olleolleolle at home.se > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Sorry for the empty email just now. Look at it as misguided
> > > self-promotion,
> > > or happy trigger fingers.
> > >
> > > My issue: I have received a few emails about lost passwords from the
> > > bbPress
> > > install. Like 5 a day or so.
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Olle
> > >
> > > --
> > > No virus found in this outgoing message.
> > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
> > > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.8/114 - Release Date:
> > > 28-09-2005
> > >
> > >
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