How do I block spam e-mail addresses from following my blog?
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I have several blog followers who are actually spammers. How can I block them from following my site?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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I also have this problem on loneswimmer.com where it’s just started in the last days. The followers all seem to (email visible only to moderators and staff) email addresses.
(I also administer a forum where we’ve seen a increase in these addresses in the last week). When checking IP address all originated from China).
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I also have this problem on loneswimmer.com where it’s just started in the last days. The followers all seem to Outlook.com email addresses.
(I also administer a forum where we’ve seen a increase in these addresses in the last week). When checking IP address all originated from China).
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Yes! I have the exact same thing. They are all outlook e-mails. You know how you can have a widget on your blog that shows the number of followers? Well, these particular “followers” don’t show up in that count, as if they weren’t counted, but I can see the addresses when I go into my E-mail Followers list. Also, I get a ton of e-mails from them saying they are following. I just took down the e-mail follower widget for now until I can get this sorted out.
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timethief: The link you included only lead me to the contact page. I don’t know what URLs you are referring to.
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Thanks. However in this case they are just all Outlook email address with no attached URL. I wouldn’t have realised if I hadn’t been blocking these type of email address from trying to get access to the forum I mentioned. I was wondering if I am being setup for something.
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Sorry about posting the “URLS” word instead of emails addresses. Please send the email addresses to Staff.
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I apologize for using the wrong word. Also note I did tag this thread for a Staff follow-up.
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It’s okay, timethief. I was just confused about how an e-mail address could have a URL.
Please excuse my ignorance on this matter, but how do you send a message to Staff? Could you direct me to the form or e-mail address? I can’t find anything on the Support page.
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Hi there, it is possible for spammers to follow your blog, although it isn’t something you need to worry about.
Pretty much the only thing they have to gain by following you is getting you to visit or follow their blog through the notification email.
If those followers have blogs that contain spam content, please report it following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/report-blogs/
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Thanks for the , I reported the email addresses the other day. My concerns were that
a) there was angle to them following me that I wasn’t aware of (apparently not)
b) accurate reporting of followers as I didn’t want my follower numbers inaccurately counted given those email addresses would never read the blog.regards
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