I'm having problems with auto-submissions, even though I've got only my own domain in the db_referers variable. Is there anything else I have to do stop these submissions?
Thanks, Rogelio.

Try changing the name of add.cgi and updating the bottom of links.cfg

$build_add_url = $db_cgi_url . "/add.cgi"; # URL of add script.

Paul
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Many more pieces of advice have been provided in MANY Spammer related Threads in MANY of the Links 2.0 support forums. Search for Spammers.

Regards,

Eliot Lee

I appreciate how much you help in these forums and the fact that you don't like re-posting solutions, but I've searched the forums and the resource section and I'm convinced I need the add confirmation mod, the code or link for which seems no longer to be available.
I have already implemented this code in add.cgi ...
# Check the referer.
if (@db_referers) {
together of course with my domain name in the db_referers variable of links.cfg.
I've also put the following in links.cfg ...
# Banned sites.
@db_ban = ('net-soft.ne','net-soft.de','195.20.225.110','searchup.de','dj-ufk.de','webnaut.ne','webnaut.de');

However, I'm still receiving spam, because somehow they've managed to send my site as the referer. So, apart from changing the name of add.cgi to something else, which would surely be just a temporary solution, I really need the add-confirm mod, but can't find it.

Would appreciate you point me in the right direction to find it.

thanks, Rogelio.

Did you even search for Spammers and did you even read the Threads in the search results? Trust me, I've repeatedly posted other suggestions and other Links Users have also repeatedly posted other suggestions for fighting Spammer.

Use the following search criteria in the FORUM SEARCH FORM:

Forum: Links 2.0 Discussion
Keywords: Spammers
Search Options: And
Date Range: All posts
Hits: 500

Regards,

Eliot Lee

I have indeed searched for Spammers, also spam, add confirm and mod confirm. I have seen and tried the recommendations to ban certain sites, to only allow valid referers, to prohibit dplicate URLs and to change the name of the add.cgi script. However, in the hundreds of messages I have read, there isn't one good explanation of what the add-confirm mod is. I found an old invalid URL for this mod and noted that it no longer exists in the Resources section. As far as I can make out this would be the only mod to work for me (I don't have duplicate URLs because I don't let these spammers in in the first place and I get no refering info to be able to ban them).

So, I'll repeat my question - could you point me in the right direction to find the add-confirm mod? If it no longer exists in the Resources section because of some problem with the mod, could you exlain what that problem might be?

Rogelio.

I posted instructions today on how to create a confirmation window for adding a link.

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...w=collapsed&sb=5

It could be modified so that before a link is added it checks that the referer is your site.

Glenn

Links 2 Mods Site:
http://cgi-resource.co.uk/pages/links2mods.shtml

Just what I needed - thanks!