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I am Deleting Spammers Regularly. Latest is hilda4u
Manal:
Andy,
Make sure you are having the right treatment and above all the complete rest. I know how annoying and painful this could be. I really hope you can get better soon :hugfriend
manal
Andy Battaglia:
Two weeks later. "385 Spammers blocked up until today." The module is doing the checking for me, so I just have to reject the spammer registrations. This has cut down the repetitive motion quite a bit. The tendinitis in my elbow is taking its time clearing up, but there is slow progress. Adding in the spammers not caught by the module but caught by checking them at other sites manually means that we have had over 400 bogus registrations in two weeks. I wonder how much internet traffic is devoted solely to spam.
Ironman:
As I see it, you can do 2 things:
1. http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?action=search;type=13
Theres quite a few mods that will make it harder for spammers and bots.
2. Remove the register-page and insert 1 big fat sentence: IF YOU WISH TO REGISTER, SEND AN EMAIL TO ANDY@THALPAL.COM
I know that it will send a very large part to your email, but you could make a new shared mail-account, and by shared I mean 2 or 3 persons can have acces to it and help you filter the right ones through?
Andy Battaglia:
It is nice to be able to get rid of a dozen spammer registrations with 3 clicks. If it continues to grow at this paste, I may have to investigate some of the other modules mentioned by Kocher. I am concerned that we're on track for 800 spammer registrations this month.
Poirot:
Andy,
Couple of other suggestions:
1. Increase the number of questions on the registrations page - currently, it has too few - add things like location, sex, age, etc to the registration page itself - this is currently left on the profile page for each member to fill up later. The more time a spammer has to spend on the website, the less he/she/it will be inclined to do so.
2. Consider switching to a different hosting service provider, who is less tolerant of spammers - and, if not already done, make sure that the website registration is marked PRIVATE with your registrar.
3. Add a second Captcha to the site - make this a numerical one - you have to do simple math to register!
Cheers
Poirot
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