From: mmalmi@cc.hut.fi Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:03:11 +0300 To: Satoshi Nakamoto Subject: Re: [Fwd: no activation mail] I edited the forum code, it shouldn't send notifications anymore. > Oh great, now we're screwed. > > We probably got spam blocked because we were allowing registrations > without e-mail verification. But now that we've enabled it, our > verification e-mails are blocked. > > There could still be some existing user accounts created before the > registration requirement being used by spammers. > > We're kind of in a jam here. Can you make sure there's nothing else > you can think of that might be acting as an open e-mail gateway or way > for spammers to use our system for putting out spam? Check the e-mail > logs and see if there's been a lot of traffic and what it's from. If > you can figure out what the problem was and shut it down, then after > you're sure it's fixed, request PBL to take us off the block list. > > If there's a way to prohibit the forum from sending e-mail > notifications, maybe we should do that. > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: no activation mail > Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:30:35 +0200 > From: Youri > To: satoshin@gmx.com > > Hey Satoshin, > > I tried to register me at the bitcoinforum, but I didn't get an activation > mail. > Tried the resend activation code option a few times, changed the > mailadress from my telenet to my gmail and back, but no luck. Looked at my > spam folder but it's not there. So I guess something went wrong, could you > activate my account? > > My username is Skull88. > > Thanks in advance, > Youri