A recent increase of spammer registrations using subdomains (e.g. baduser@badsubdomain.spam.com) led to the development of a simple modification to the bad domains check to block all subdomains for specified domains. This subdomain email address activity was identified by reviewing nukeSPAM™ log. Instead of individually blocking all (virtually unlimited) variations of subdomains after constantly reviewing the log, it would be much easier to enable blocking of all subdomains.
Here's how it works:
Instead of specifying a block domain (e.g. blockeddomain.com), specify *. in front of the blocked domain in the RNYA configuration Blocked Mail Domains.
Some examples (including domains found to be using subdomains):
*.mail.ru blocks any mail.ru address, whether or not it includes a subdomain.
*.emailforyounow.com
*.glasstopdiningtable.org
*.kinefi.pl
*.lucow.pl
*.mailcampaigns.org
But be careful, though:
*.ru blocks any .ru address, i.e. it is also now possible to block registration by TLD, which may be desired for some sites.
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