Every day I get several new user registrations from the .pl TLD, indicating they are from Poland. Most are from an outfit called o2.pl, which seems to be a Polish ISP. The user names typically do not match the email address. They do not even post comments.
Self-registered users have “subscriber” access, which basically means they no privileges above and beyond any other user (unless I enforced a users-only comment policy, which I don’t).
I have no idea what this is about. However, the notification emails fill up my admin mailbox, it’s a nuisance dealing with them, and I can’t shake the feeling this is somehow spam-related.
Accordingly, I’m setting a policy that prohibits self-registration; I must approve all new users.
If you know what’s going on, please leave a comment below. No registration necessary. For now.
Tags: .PL, Poland, registration, users, WordPress
o2.pl is a polish Internet portal, offering free e-mail accounts. It’s not an ISP.
This doesn’t however explain why do my dear fellow country-citizens keep bugging you and spam your administrator account. Some kind of lame DOS attack ?
Ah, thanks for your response. I don’t think the volume is near enough to class as a DOS attack.
I get a few requests from other places as well; I’ve been replying to the authorization emails with a request for an explanation; no one from anywhere has yet replied.