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Old 22-Jun-2004, 09:39 AM
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Default re: Damn you Bandwidth thieves!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Darkling
No need to replace image sets to do that.

Just specify a rewrite rule that states that if the requesting site is not NZB then send them something else instead.
e.g. your "come and join us" message.

I do believe that is the approach take here only with an insult instead of an invitation.
Indeed.

I wonder if it is possibe to rewrite so that only runboard.com gets the filthy bandwidth thief one, and other people just get a red x...

I got this from the people who admin all of the runboards:

Quote:
What is the URL at runboard.com where your images are hotlinked from?

Must be a user that did it, most likely unknowingly.


----- Original Message -----
From:
To:
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 2:51 PM
Subject: Runboard feedback [URGENT] [ANSWER ME] Please stop Hotlinking my images


> Sender: admin@nzboards.com
> Email: admin@nzboards.com
> Urgency: URGENT
> Wants a reply: YES
>
> I have noticed that you are using images that are on my server.
>
> Please stop this, as it is essentially bandwidth theft.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
Unknowingly?

They are hotlinking to some 8-ish sites, and stealing their images.

I'd hardly call that 'Unknowing'.
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