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Gahhh! The spam is killing me!

The_TimThe_Tim
edited September 2008 in Site Discussion & Notices
Holy cow, I had to delete like half a dozen accounts this weekend, responsible for flooding the forums with 50+ spam messages!

Anybody know of a good anti-spam tool/mod for phpbb3? I've got one I'm going to try when I get my PC back up and running, but if anybody out there has any particular suggestions I'm open to trying just about anything to stem the tide here.

Comments

  • WestSideBillyWestSideBilly
    Most of the solutions I know of are at the registration level - I.E. adding a human element to getting a new account. This can be as simple as a CAPTCHA or requiring all users to be individually verified by an admin/moderator type person.

    Also, it doesn't seem like LHR is on very often anymore, and synthetik hasn't signed on since April. Another set of eyeballs can help nip the bud.
  • Lake Hills RenterLake Hills Renter
    I haven't been around much lately and I deleted quite a bit when I was on more. I'd recommend using CAPTCHA if you can find a way to incorporate that into the site.
  • perfectfireperfectfire
    I read somewhere that some people put in a form field and then hid it from users. Anybody that filled out the field out the field when registering or posting must be a bot.
  • WestSideBillyWestSideBilly
    The spam bots attack again!


    Always early in the morning... they must realize nobody in Seattle gets up early. :lol:
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