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Bibin At least 9001 Registered 01/07/2005 Points 308	13th May, 2007 at 23:45:39 - We've been having some problems with spambots on http://teatons.com/forum . Most of them are drug related, usually of the phallic enhancement variety. We've tried image verification, and small questions, and email banning, but nothing seems to work. Any ideas? It's all phpBB by the way. n/a
BROO Registered 31/10/2002 Points 595	14th May, 2007 at 00:10:24 - Maybe IP/host banning? Actually can you tell more about this? What is the nature of problem? a) multiple account registering and spamming b) actually registered account manages to put all these spam n/a
Pkeod Oontz Oontz Oontz Registered 19/11/2002 Points 93	14th May, 2007 at 00:16:53 - Do you require e-mail validation? You could ask on the phpBB forums http://www.phpbb.com/community/ Faerie Solitaire - Get it now: http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=7792
X_Sheep I had a custom rating before it was cool Registered 01/03/2004 Points 1313	14th May, 2007 at 01:08:29 - Well, most of the time spambots don't get the chance to post, but they still appear in the members list. Also the ICQ ban I made does work, on other phpBB forums I've seen (like the older Within a Deep Forest forums) there's thousands of bots, all without a post but an ICQ number set. So it would've been much more if we didn't have that. a/n
Bibin At least 9001 Registered 01/07/2005 Points 308	14th May, 2007 at 01:21:47 - Sheep's ICQ works rather well, but not all have an ICQ number. IP/Host and email registration are all in effect. n/a
DaVince This fool just HAD to have a custom rating Registered 04/09/2004 Points 7998	14th May, 2007 at 03:53:41 - A lot of spambots seem to register with .info domains. If this is the case, disallow .info email registration. Add one or two "click here if you're not a bot" checkboxes. Old member (~2004-2007).
Tim I'm on here way too much Registered 25/08/2006 Points 132	14th May, 2007 at 06:54:04 - You can add a custom field in the registration form in phpbb and make that field required. There's lots of things you can do by way of spam prevention in phpBB. I think www.phpbbhacks.com has some good things you can incoporate http://www.SilverNova.co.uk
Dr. James MD Addict Registered 08/12/2003 Points 11941	14th May, 2007 at 07:15:26 - Use a different kind of forum? My PhpBB one got raped, but my new one hasn't. Stick in email verification (with some kind of custom message displaying 2 links to confuse any automated responses) and you're laughing. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=j--8iXVv2_U On the sixth day God created Manchester "You gotta get that sand out your vaj!" x13 www.bossbaddie.com
DaVince This fool just HAD to have a custom rating Registered 04/09/2004 Points 7998	14th May, 2007 at 08:36:55 - Another one that seems to work pretty well: implement image verification at register time AND for the first post. Even if bots register, they won't think there's image verification for their first reply/topic post. Old member (~2004-2007).
MasterM Registered 02/01/2002 Points 701	14th May, 2007 at 09:11:39 - the best thing is email activasion so people can register but you have to activate their account and what about those code things where you get a picture of random numbers and letters and people have to enter these to become a member? no idea what its called but i think once you found out you will find tutorials how to code that on the net
X_Sheep I had a custom rating before it was cool Registered 01/03/2004 Points 1313	14th May, 2007 at 09:12:56 - Those are called Captcha's, and phpBB already has one, but it's useless. a/n
BROO Registered 31/10/2002 Points 595	14th May, 2007 at 10:27:01 - Because this CAPTCHA has been solved by (for example) PWNTCHA project :---). Best thing is to do piece of verification by yourself without using add ons prepared for phpBB2. It is really easy to say :---P. n/a
Pkeod Oontz Oontz Oontz Registered 19/11/2002 Points 93	14th May, 2007 at 13:10:49 - Here is something to try: "Mod Description: This MOD replaces the original CAPTCHA of the phpBB Visual Confirmation. ... This hack replaces the standard phpBB visual confirmation system with a new system that generates more varied letter combinations including colored backgrounds with varying color schemes." http://www.amigalink.de/phpbb2/downloads.php?view=detail&id=101 "I tried out AmigaLink’s Mod and it looks great. The website may be in German but the install instructions are in English and it only took about 10 minutesto install, not rushing." Edited by the Author. a demo: http://www.amigalink.de/phpbb2/profile.php?mode=register&agreed=true Edited by the Author. Faerie Solitaire - Get it now: http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=7792
Klikmaster Master of all things Klik Registered 08/07/2002 Points 2599	14th May, 2007 at 13:17:44 - Klik-Union used to be phpbb based, and getting rid of spam seemed impossible. You ideally need a way to stop spambots recognising your site as phpbb based, but I'm not quite sure how. n/a
Pkeod Oontz Oontz Oontz Registered 19/11/2002 Points 93	14th May, 2007 at 13:19:10 - I was editing still ): cont. -- another thing to try: http://www.bbprotection.net/ there's also this: http://bbantispam.com/tc/ and a blog post about the last two: http://blog.phpbb.cc/2006/12/30/how-to-easily-turn-board-spam-into-email-spam/ Faerie Solitaire - Get it now: http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=7792

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