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    From BiggieB@HOBBYSPC/JJAMBBS to all on Wed Apr 22 10:27:18 2026
    How do you filter these bastards out?

    Anything I try they just keep hammering my system over HTTP with different ip addressee before .applebot.apple.com

    This is what I have in the silent filter.

    *.applebot.apple.com

    Thanks!
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  • From Will-E@HOBBYSPC to BiggieB on Wed Apr 22 12:12:40 2026
    you can block these IP ranges in your firewall. https://search.developer.apple.com/applebot.json

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  • From Morningstarr@HOBBYSPC to BiggieB on Wed Apr 22 16:47:18 2026
    The apple bot doesn't bother me...its legit, like google bot. If It is hammering you, tell it to slow down in your robots.txt file, or use the silent ip filter. The last two decimals i use the * as a wildcard. For example 192.168.*.* and it will filter the whole range.

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