Ban all non-north america IP's ??

[JohnnieOO]

I am having problems with foreign accounts spamming my board. Is there a list of non-North American IP's that I could use to place in the banned IP's list??

Other suggestions?

Johnnie

[dismas]

I asked a similar question a while back on vb.com and got this response (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=248824).

[TigerWare]

I am having problems with foreign accounts spamming my board. Is there a list of non-North American IP's that I could use to place in the banned IP's list??

Other suggestions?

Johnnie

Ban the rest of the world? Just a bit OTT, ya think? Try improving your board configuration to minimize spamming.

How about:-
Activate Image verification for guest posts.
No unmoderated guest postings.

These 2 steps were employed on a board I am co-admin of some 18 months ago after a series of spam-bot attacks. We have not any posts since, though the bots do try.

Expand that into:-

No Automated Registration Acceptance

Shove new registrations into the mod queue and actually do some Googling for email addresses and user names, plus looking at IP addresses being used. This can help point to a flaw in your registration process, and assist in finding a modification to plug the gap.

No problem is impossible to overcome. Patience and perseverence is paramount. ;)

[JohnnieOO]

TW, I have no guest posting, image verification required for registration. I continue to get three or four (not many I realize) porn posts each week. Each of these posted by new members with Foreign IPs. They are registering, correctly verifying the image, confirming registration throught the confirmation email and then posting. I have a new, small, board and this crap will ruin it. My board is centered around a topic for the US only.

Johnnie

[TigerWare]

Under those circumstances I would put a halt on automated acceptance of registration. Put them through the moderation queue for a while. If they are human registrations and not robotic they will stop trying after they realize they are not getting their jollies.

[JohnnieOO]

Wish I could, but my board is a start up and I don't want to turn anyone away due to them having to wait to post. Thanks, I guess I'll just have to keep a keen eye on the board.

Johnnie