Web Hosting Talk : Other Forums : WHT Announcements, Feedback and Questions : Disable the member list.

[Avail]

I think the member list (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/memberlist.php) should be disabled. Think about how easy it would be to write a script that fakes POST data to send an email to every single WHT member.

Just a thought.

[cperciva]

If it's so easy, why has nobody done it?

[p1net]

Well it looks like somebody has taken notice to this post as the memberlist is now disabled!!

[Mike the newbie]

Originally posted by cperciva
If it's so easy, why has nobody done it?

Once any single board's member list is "discovered", then all vBulletin boards will be probed.

The questions is: how long before the spammers discover the motherlode of valid email addresses.

Personally, I'm glad it has been disabled here.

[Speakerguy]

Darn...they shut it off right when I was about to nail it....





LOL j/k...

But seriously...that is a bad thought...my forums are powered by vbulletin too....

[roly]

PLEASE re-enable it