Yes. Have it check email addresses only. If you want to screen out more spammers but increase the risk of blocking non-spammers, have it also check IP adresses. Don't have it check names.

Technically, they are not legite in one of the three areas that it checks or they would not get rejected. Alot of persons use roaming IPs or have had their IPs "piggy backed" by spammers. The only way around that is to allow registrations even though they fail the check OR register them manually through your CP.

IP addresses may be legimately shared in a number of circumstances:

• AOL uses a limited number of proxies for all their users
• college and university students typically have shared IP addresses
• in countries with limited internet access users will commonly share IP addresses
• etc.

That's why barring according to IP address isn't a great idea.

Even so, if those IPs have been reported to SFS as a spammers' IP, it will reject them.

Only if you check the option to scan for IP addresses. See my post above.

True. You can do that. I've found that -in just my own experience- very few legite registrants are turned down though.

This is great but it stops Facebook connect

I just added the social networks myself. I don't use the one provided. Mine is in each thread at the top. Good info here for those using it though.

I cant' access www.stopforumspam.com ?? Anyone else having problems?

Yup, looks like its down, just banned 10 in the last half hour.