# Allowing topic creation through direct delivery email in makes my forum vulnerable to spammers

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-topic-creation-through-direct-delivery-email-in-makes-my-forum-vulnerable-to-spammers/118421
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [5월 22, 2019, 3:51오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-topic-creation-through-direct-delivery-email-in-makes-my-forum-vulnerable-to-spammers/118421 "2019-05-22T15:51:50Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [5월 22, 2019, 4:36오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-topic-creation-through-direct-delivery-email-in-makes-my-forum-vulnerable-to-spammers/118421/2 "2019-05-22T16:36:22Z")

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I had the same problem. I’m using the [incoming mail server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/straightforward-direct-delivery-incoming-mail/49487) and tried adding `qq.com` to the blacklist, but it didn’t work, I think because they have apparently hacked a bunch of servers, so the mail isn’t coming from [qq.com](http://qq.com), but instead the hacked server, so the blacklist doesn’t work.

I ended up just disabling incoming email altogether. (Probably not a solution for you).

And it does seem that discourse is sending a “Your email didn’t work” message to all of those.

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