Something to prevent the spam bots from joining?

[st_nick5]

We've got a captcha form for when people sign up, to prevent spam bots from joining, but it doesn't seem to work very well, unless the spam bot I just banned was registered manually. I know some forums ask you easy maths questions (3+5=?), maybe we could implement that? Not sure how effective it would be against the spam bots, but it's worth a try.

[Chalex4]

Thanks for dealing with the spammers so far, I will deal with the matter later today so until then we might all need to keep an eye out for a few more.

[>VLN<]

Originally Posted by st_nick5

We've got a captcha form for when people sign up, to prevent spam bots from joining, but it doesn't seem to work very well, unless the spam bot I just banned was registered manually. I know some forums ask you easy maths questions (3+5=?), maybe we could implement that? Not sure how effective it would be against the spam bots, but it's worth a try.

I don't think he was a spam bot. I have moderated other websites and seen these people before. I think it was a real person who was spamming. Also, if you don't ban their IP address, they can still make another account.

[AlecJ32]

On the forums I moderate and administrate we have a pretty secure setup, and these things still get through every once in a while. It's hard to tell if they're bots or if they're people.

[>VLN<]

It is also pretty amazing that we have less than 50 users and already there has been spam for "male enhancements" and porn. It disgusts me.

[Chalex4]

I have now applied pretty much every decent spam/bot solution out there, so we shouldn't receive any at all now .

My other forum runs this setup as well, and hasn't had anything in over a year now since I installed it. Thanks to all the mods who were on the ball in removing the spam members.

As to why we've received more today than before, I believe it's just that I have been carrying out so much SEO (search engine optimisation) work!