vb.org Archive - Anti-Spam Options - [GlowHost] Spam-O-Matic

I had the same problem -- had to manually delete over 15 long-history spammers today. (Thought I'd messed up my settings till I read this, so thanks for the advisory!)

Does their being down affect Akismet, too?

No. But as far as I know Akismet filters content, not email or IP addresses.

fly	09-30-2013 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by CarolSEL (Post 2448830)

I'm assuming if you change the code in functions_ghsom.php file to use the mirror at us.stopforumspam.org, it will work better. And as I mentioned earlier, is probably more 'polite'.

I have not tested this myself yet, but it should work...

BowlingGuru

10-05-2013 02:37 PM

Has there been any update on this? I am deleting literally 50-100 posts/accounts every day on my site.

If this isnt working, does anyone know of an alternative spam blocker that they'd recommend?

joeychgo

10-05-2013 02:42 PM

Do you have human verification questions setup on your site? Have questions, not captcha.

The other thing you can do to help, its block via htaccess, the countries most likely to register spammers from. ie china

DemOnstar

10-05-2013 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joeychgo (Post 2450173)

The other thing you can do to help, its block via htaccess, the countries most likely to register spammers from. ie china

And Russia, Syria, Egypt possibly...
Hard to tell really but Russia is an obvious choice for obvious reasons..

joeychgo

10-05-2013 02:51 PM

I just gave an example. I have a number of countries blocked...

DemOnstar

10-05-2013 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joeychgo (Post 2450182)

I just gave an example. I have a number of countries blocked...

Tell me, how do you block a country? Example: Russia..
I will take this into consideration...

I live in China and there a a few people that I would allow to maintain their access...
Only a few though.........

joeychgo

10-05-2013 03:05 PM

In my case, I have no reason for anyone to access from china.

I use this to update my htaccess
http://incredibill.me/htaccess-block-country-ips

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juan71287

10-09-2013 06:13 AM

How to enable the stats to show in forum?

vbresults

10-09-2013 07:43 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DemOnstar (Post 2450174)

And Russia, Syria, Egypt possibly...
Hard to tell really but Russia is an obvious choice for obvious reasons..

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...1&d=1381308109

hehe

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