Is This Forum Viewable in China?

[PFL]

Just wondering if anyone has experience of viewing the forum from the Orient. I'm about to start a new job there and it's going to be at least 3 years. That's a long time with any Atariage!

[Albert]

Yes, it's viewable in China, although I've never validated a user signing up for an account with a Chinese IP address.

 

Edit: That's not for a lack of trying on their part, it's just that every account that's signed up has been a spammer!

 

..Al

[PFL]

That's good news. Thanks for responding so quickly.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

How do you know, Al?

[Albert]

How do you know, Al?

I manually validate all accounts, and one of the things I do is check the originating country's IP address. It's one of the only surefire ways to cut down on spammers getting through.

 

..Al

[nofrills100]

I've viewed and logged in from China - it works,

[Albert]

I've viewed and logged in from China - it works,

Yeah, I don't have any blanket IP bans based on country of origin.

 

..Al

[Gemintronic]

I didn't even think of IP bans on our side. I thought he was worried about the great firewall of China.

[Albert]

I didn't even think of IP bans on our side. I thought he was worried about the great firewall of China.

Given how many spammers sign up from China, I don't think this is an issue.

 

..Al

[+Ransom]

It's viewable from China, but it's really really small at that distance.

[Chuck D. Head]

According to this test page, the storefront and forums are accessible from four different locations in China.

 

(but I could not make a link above because the post editing tools are grayed out for some reason)

 

Here is the link:

 

http://www.websitepulse.com/help/testtools.china-test.html