The spam on the forum is very serious.
Moderator: HuggiL
The spam on the forum is very serious.
Every day I take time to delete the ugly spam posts (around 10 posts for each day). If anyone knows any anti-spam approaches with phpbb, please tell me.
When things work together, things work.
I don't know much about phpbb coding. But the best I can do is make some suggestion on some of the mods or other add-ons that I found at phpbb website that people submitted that might help you. Here are a few.
phpBB.com View topic - [2.0.7] Ban Email Wildcard Upgrade
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=160638
phpBB.com View topic - [20-11-06] Anti-Spam ACP
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=465600
phpBB.com View topic - [2.0.13] disable spambots
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=210055
phpBB.com View topic - [2.0.18] Deter Comment Spam
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=259827
phpBB.com View topic - [2.0.19] AntiSpam Mod
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=367621
phpBB.com View topic - [2.0.19] Easy BotStopper
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=375262
phpBB.com View topic - Stop Spambot Registration
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=435694
The first one doesn't fight spam, but it could come in handy when you have to deal with spammers that uses same groups or domain names when registering. Hopefully this should hold you off until someone who knows more about php scripting, can give you a better answer.
phpBB.com View topic - [2.0.7] Ban Email Wildcard Upgrade
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=160638
phpBB.com View topic - [20-11-06] Anti-Spam ACP
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=465600
phpBB.com View topic - [2.0.13] disable spambots
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=210055
phpBB.com View topic - [2.0.18] Deter Comment Spam
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=259827
phpBB.com View topic - [2.0.19] AntiSpam Mod
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=367621
phpBB.com View topic - [2.0.19] Easy BotStopper
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=375262
phpBB.com View topic - Stop Spambot Registration
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=435694
The first one doesn't fight spam, but it could come in handy when you have to deal with spammers that uses same groups or domain names when registering. Hopefully this should hold you off until someone who knows more about php scripting, can give you a better answer.
I temporarily set user registration to admin authorizing mode again. Seems the mod I install is totally not effect.
An interesting idea is to write a robot to clean up the forum, let robot fight with robot. Just for kidding.
I'll look at other mods and maybe upgrade to phpbb 3.0 (but it's still in beta).
An interesting idea is to write a robot to clean up the forum, let robot fight with robot. Just for kidding.
I'll look at other mods and maybe upgrade to phpbb 3.0 (but it's still in beta).
When things work together, things work.