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Post by bgood82 on Dec 27, 2017 20:23:11 GMT -8
Forum URL: www.gasportsforum.comI'm getting hit with 1000 spam posts a day now. There is no way I have time to go through and approve that many posts in a days time. There has to be a better way to control the spam. Please help! Its running off my subscribers. Thanks, bgood82
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Post by Kami on Dec 27, 2017 20:24:30 GMT -8
Out of curiosity, but are you aware of the forum cleanup tool in your admin panel? You can mass delete posts by username there!
If you haven't already, you may consider locking down your forum by making it so that boards can only be posted in by memebers, then switching on restricted registrations so you can manually approve all accounts.
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Post by bgood82 on Dec 27, 2017 21:12:52 GMT -8
I have it locked down so only members can post. I guess I'm going to have to make it so I have to approve every account that applies. But even then how do you know that its an account that is going to post spam?
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Post by Kami on Dec 27, 2017 22:06:12 GMT -8
Honestly there’s no way to be 100%. There are some signs that are common, but it’s by no means guaranteed or comprehensive: - Email addresses sound fake (like bon3858284dhf instead of something that might have personal significance to someone) - Usernames are nonsense like macircusfh - Email domains aren’t from a well known email provider or from an ISP (eg gmail or comcast etc) - Their IP address comes from the same range as previous spammers, or if you check stopforumspam.com their IP and/or email is listed as a known spammer You can also ask registrants to enter a message when you have account approvals on, so anyone who doesn’t add the message you specify can be denied membership (something simple like, “Why do you want to join this forum?”)
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