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forum anti-spam suggestion
Posted: 07 Sep 2009 20:43
by DGMurdockIII
I notice that you get a Fair amount of spam of this forum not alot but enought that you guys would rather not have to be dealing with banning and deleting them so I am suggesting you take a look at the official phpBB anti spam guide on the phpbb site witch i will like to i'll link to both phpBB 3 and phpBB 2 guide because im not sure witch one you have
phpBB 2.0 anti-spam guide -
http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... 1&t=427852
phpBB 3.0 anti-spam guide -
http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... &t=1437125
Re: forum anti-spam suggestion
Posted: 13 Sep 2009 19:16
by Arite
Custom Profile Fields were tried, although ATM the DB is messed up a bit so the in the ACP that can't be changed.
Arite.
Re: forum anti-spam suggestion
Posted: 14 Sep 2009 13:27
by 3breadt
A keyword spam blocking mod could be quite effective against these notorious iphone sellers.
Re: forum anti-spam suggestion
Posted: 15 Sep 2009 18:54
by doomonyou
Please fix it soon... It's gotten really annoying.
Re: forum anti-spam suggestion
Posted: 15 Sep 2009 19:48
by Arite
Agreed it is annoying
. phpBB 3.0.6 is now in RC (RC1 ATM), so should be released soon which has mutiple CAPTCHA options - could make some difference. Also hopefully the bug in the ACP for changing custom profile fields might be fixed by updating (not sure whether it is DB or mod related).
Seems to be mod related. A similar issue is here:
http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic ... 72&t=31288
Arite.
Re: forum anti-spam suggestion
Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:50
by esperantisto
May I suggest a way of involving users in spam fight? Like they do at OpenOffice.org forums:
a) users that spot spam messages post a reply containing:
b) moderators periodically search forums for the above string and remove the threads.
Re: forum anti-spam suggestion
Posted: 26 Oct 2009 10:58
by Lotesdelere
You just have to use the Report button at the bottom of the spam post.
It's easier for us to spot those posts then.
Re: forum anti-spam suggestion
Posted: 26 Oct 2009 11:01
by esperantisto
OK, I see. Thanks. But this way, you have to react to any report (including possible multiple ones from different users), which may become every tiresome in case of real spam floods. My suggestion allows you to kill a bunch of threads at a time.
Re: forum anti-spam suggestion
Posted: 26 Oct 2009 11:08
by Lotesdelere
Believe me it's easier and better for us. Just use the Report button, no need to add spam to spam. Thanks.
Re: forum anti-spam suggestion
Posted: 11 Nov 2009 20:49
by DGMurdockIII
you guys can also look at this
http://www.stopforumspam.com/
Re: forum anti-spam suggestion
Posted: 14 Apr 2010 10:33
by wlanguide
A keyword spam blocking mod could be quite effective against these notorious iphone sellers.
Ya, does image verification work more effectively?