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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The persistent way to do it for the whole node in ar-cluster v6 is to add the callsigns to the files MyConnectBlock.dat, MyCallBlock.dat, and MyDxSpotBlock.dat. you can also add things like his “<SDR” comment to the MyBadWord.dat. Those files should be in Cfg/Setup directory under the ar-cluster server directory, if they aren’t there just create them with notepad. As soon as you save the file the node recognizes it has changed and reloads it, no need to restart the node.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>David Robbins K1TTT<br>e-mail: <a href="mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net">mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net</a><br>web: <a href="http://wiki.k1ttt.net/">http://wiki.k1ttt.net</a><br>AR-Cluster node: <a href="telnet://k1ttt.net:7373/">telnet://k1ttt.net:7373</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> sysops [mailto:sysops-bounces@dxcluster.info] <b>On Behalf Of </b>dd5xx@web.de<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 27, 2020 08:18<br><b>To:</b> sysops@dxcluster.info; dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk<br><b>Subject:</b> [sysops] F8DGY spammer ist back as F0YYZ<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>this psychotic guy really needs professional help, he should visit a psychictherapist. <u>I would suggest to block his IP address at all</u>, that's the best way to protect from such intentional spammers who have the goal to disrupt and disturb ham radio activities!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>F8DGY is back with the pirated call "<strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:red'>F0YYZ</span></strong>"mass spamming the DX clusters! Here's a brief command overview to mitigate this and block him on propagating his spam activities. You just need to extend the BAN LIST like following<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>DXspider sysops</span></u></strong><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> are encouraged to run following 4 command on their nodes:</span></u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>set/baddx </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>F8DGY F8SDR F8SWL F8SRX F7AAA F0YYY F0YYZ<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>set/badnode </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>F8DGY F8SDR F8SWL F8SRX F7AAA F0YYY F0YYZ<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>set/badspotter </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>F8DGY F8SDR F8SWL F8SRX F7AAA F0YYY F0YYZ<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>set/badword </span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>F8DGY F8SDR F8SWL F8SRX F7AAA F0YYY F0YYZ WPMCQ<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>you can check the lists with the command afterwards to ensure the call was saved correctly and is effective<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>show/baddx<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>show/badnode<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>show/badspotter<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>show/badword<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>I don't know about the <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'>AR cluster nodes</span></strong> in detail, but after some research I found the manual ("<a href="https://deref-web-02.de/mail/client/Gl096IHPEwA/dereferrer/?redirectUrl=http%3A%2F%2Flynxdxg.com%2Farchivos%2FAR-Cluster%2520User%2520Manual.pdf" target="_blank">http://lynxdxg.com/archivos/AR-Cluster%20User%20Manual.pdf</a>") and if understood correctly the command for AR cluster nodes should be:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>set/filter dxkeyword/reject /f8dgy</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>On a CC cluster node according the manual ("<a href="https://deref-web-02.de/mail/client/kYhLM4yIAgo/dereferrer/?redirectUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fbcdxc.org%2Fve7cc%2Fccc%2FCCC_Commands.htm" target="_blank">http://bcdxc.org/ve7cc/ccc/CCC_Commands.htm</a>") the command should be:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>set/filter keyword/reject f8dgy</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>if anyone out there is running CC or AR cluster and knows for sure what the appropriate commands for rejecting spotters/spots are, please tell us here on the list. Extend the commands above to have informed all cluster sysops running various platforms.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>73<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Saki, DD5XX<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>