OK, I have read about that, is that just adding to the existing config file? As I stated I am new to this and live in a very small community. I am trying to put this together help people in the community out.
Thank you Randy On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Jim Beckett <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] wrote: > > I may not be asking this question on the list, but here goes. I am new to > > administrating a phpbb forum on my site. I have been getting tons of > > spammers and am trying to figure out how to possibly eliminate the > problem. > > I am running phpbb3 on Ubuntu 9.10 Server. I have read about the MODS for > > textual questions and answers but cannot figure out how to install them > on > > Ubuntu. > > > > Anyone have any ideas on how to help alleviate the spamming problem of a > > forum board? > > > > Any help or pointers is greatly appreciated, or you can tell me I am in > the > > wrong place for this question if that is the case > > > > Thank you > > > > Randy > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > A fairly simple workaround is to add a custom field to the registration > page, that has an incorrect default value. > > For instance, you could ask, "What year is this?" > > In this case, you would set a default value of 2009 (or 1982, or > whatever past year you want), and set the field value so it must be > greater than, or equal to 2010, in order to successfully register a > forum user. > > This for me has pretty much stopped forum spam in its tracks. > > - Jim > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
