Banning spammers

[halpern]

Can anyone recommend any mods or state any tips they are using to currently ban/limit the amount of spammers registering on their boards. My numbers have increased significantly. At the moment, the only mod that I am using is the email ban mod that comes preconfigured with over 200,000 known banned spam domains. Any help?

[UltimateOreo!]

All i can think of is get a bigger, better moderating team.

[halpern]

I don't know if a moderating team will help preventing spammers from even registering. That requires some type of mod.

[d8tabyte]

I highly suggest the mod "new registrant info"

It makes it so easy to go through all new registeres and ban them right there if you want.

[Neutral Singh]

go for this one --> https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=124828&highlight=captcha

very effective on my forums.

[calorie]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=136604" target="_blank">Reduce Forum Spam: A Quick Overview of Options</a>

[halpern]

Is there any type of mod that will allow a user to search for a domain name in the database that they know is spam and to do mass bans or mass deletes of the users that are spammers? I think that would be an invaluable tool for existing users that are spammers.

[kobescoresagain]

Personally I employee the hack that allows you to view member pms. That is where I get 90% of my spam at. Also if they all come from the same site, just change their url base into a censored word. That will stop them. As another said bigger moderator team to catch stuff. Also make them verify their emails. All of these things together will help. I don't see 1 thing doing everything though.