stopforumspam.com is one of several sites that have a plug-in available, which checks by username and/or IP address. IP is much better. If it finds you, you're blocked.
On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 1:32 PM, R. Colin Newell <coffeecan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion - edited out some items - > > Again, I do this to battle the endless swarm of forum spammers - > If I did not complicate the registration process ever so slightly I would > get 100's of auto-bot registrations > per day and hundreds of forum spams filling my database. > > Spam is something that easily must waste a billion dollars in people hours > in the constant clean-up. > As you can see in my forum - the notes are everywhere. DO NOT SPAM - Forum > has an auto-moderation on the > 1st few posts. Once the forum gets comfortable with you, you can post > freely. > > Whomever thought up spam should be strung up. > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 1:20 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < > walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > One suggestion or two.... on the registration form, everything is a > > required field.. people may not want to give out their detailed contact > > information. also, it asks for a website address, if you dont enter > > http://www first it wont accept it and returns an error. > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > -- > Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com > <http://www.Coffeecrew.com> and DXer.ca <http://www.DXer.ca> - > VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention > Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. > Registration info: > http://www.nrcdxas.org > > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
