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| fouldsy |
Posted on 15-09-2010 09:03
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I keep getting spam on my pif site, how can I stop them from signing up and post links all over the shoutbox and spamming comments box?
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| ritmi |
Posted on 15-09-2010 12:56
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put the domain on the black list |
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Posted on 15-09-2010 13:03
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Here are a few tips:
1. Did you use a recaptcha system? If not then turn it on
2. Did you use a security question? If not then turn it on
3. You can put the email adress of the spammer in the blacklist for example the spammer has a following email hacker@blabla.uk, then put blabla.uk in the blacklist.
4. You can block a spamer country or ip adress, how you can do that. just type on google "htaccess block country" or "htaccess block ip".
5. There are a lot of spam solutions on the web, just google it.
Sry but my english is bad and I hope you can understand me.
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| fouldsy |
Posted on 15-09-2010 14:18
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I have recaptcha turned on and have a security question but they still managed to get signed up. Secuity is a maths question.
I can put email of spammer in blacklist, but then they just use a different email address.
Its not always the same spammer and content |
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Posted on 15-09-2010 14:33
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Next few tips:
1. You can enable the option "New members activate administrator?" This has a one disadvantage you have to activate every user manually.
2. You can add a following rule, for example every new user must be authenticated by yourself and after its done he gets a write access to the forum.
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| slaughter |
Posted on 15-09-2010 17:14
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fouldsy schrieb:
I have recaptcha turned on and have a security question but they still managed to get signed up. Secuity is a maths question.
I can put email of spammer in blacklist, but then they just use a different email address.
Its not always the same spammer and content
Use different security questions. If you website is not multilingual you also can ask questions like: What's the opposite of 'rich'?
Or something like this: "Input the name 'Roy' into the security question field!" |
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| fouldsy |
Posted on 15-09-2010 17:29
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where can I change the security question, I just see the option to turn on/off via registration settings? |
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| slaughter |
Posted on 15-09-2010 19:11
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fouldsy schrieb:
where can I change the security question, I just see the option to turn on/off via registration settings?
At the same admin page, you'll find a link on the top of the settings. |
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| fouldsy |
Posted on 15-09-2010 19:44
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got ya, thank you sir |
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