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Forums getting spammed
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:51 am
by tuner240
Whats going on with some of the relevant forum topics getting spam posted in it, and the spammed topics?
Re: Forums getting spammed
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 4:37 pm
by kabbie1882
This happens with almost every forum.
We try to get to them as fast as we can. I boot about 6 a day myself.
Re: Forums getting spammed
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 10:27 pm
by Samuel
kabbie1882 wrote:This happens with almost every forum.
We try to get to them as fast as we can. I boot about 6 a day myself.
As the most Spam is created by bots we should introduce a custom captcha when someone tries to register a new player. (IMO the most effective way to prevent spam)
For example we could add a question like: What game is this forum for?
If the answer does not contain "andor" or "trail" the registration process is aborted.
Re: Forums getting spammed
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:12 am
by tuner240
Samuel wrote:kabbie1882 wrote:This happens with almost every forum.
We try to get to them as fast as we can. I boot about 6 a day myself.
As the most Spam is created by bots we should introduce a custom captcha when someone tries to register a new player. (IMO the most effective way to prevent spam)
For example we could add a question like: What game is this forum for?
If the answer does not contain "andor" or "trail" the registration process is aborted.
*Thumbs up*
Re: Forums getting spammed
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:47 pm
by pelligrini
Samuel wrote:kabbie1882 wrote:This happens with almost every forum.
We try to get to them as fast as we can. I boot about 6 a day myself.
As the most Spam is created by bots we should introduce a custom captcha when someone tries to register a new player. (IMO the most effective way to prevent spam)
For example we could add a question like: What game is this forum for?
If the answer does not contain "andor" or "trail" the registration process is aborted.
I've found that custom questions are the best way to keep out the spambots.
Re: Forums getting spammed
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:03 am
by sdevaney
There is already one required to register, but I will change the Q&A and see if that helps.
Re: Forums getting spammed
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:58 pm
by taws34
Would it be possible to update the forum to a more recent phpbb version? There are also add-ons that support Captcha.
That would help
Re: Forums getting spammed
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 1:41 am
by sdevaney
taws34 wrote:Would it be possible to update the forum to a more recent phpbb version? There are also add-ons that support Captcha.
That would help
Well those suggestions would help if we weren't running the most recent phpBB version (3.0.8), and there is also a register captcha that uses recaptcha.
Re: Forums getting spammed
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:03 am
by Samuel
Samuel wrote:As the most Spam is created by bots we should introduce a custom captcha when someone tries to register a new player. (IMO the most effective way to prevent spam)
For example we could add a question like: What game is this forum for?
If the answer does not contain "andor" or "trail" the registration process is aborted.
You did not add a custom question, do you?
In my test registration there was only an standard captcha asked for.
Re: Forums getting spammed
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:27 pm
by sdevaney
Samuel wrote:Samuel wrote:As the most Spam is created by bots we should introduce a custom captcha when someone tries to register a new player. (IMO the most effective way to prevent spam)
For example we could add a question like: What game is this forum for?
If the answer does not contain "andor" or "trail" the registration process is aborted.
You did not add a custom question, do you?
In my test registration there was only an standard captcha asked for.
Check again, there should be a custom profile field asking for your OS version.