[Jessi]

WHOA! Everyone needs to check ALL of the "User Blocked" emails. This is doing a great job at catching Spammers (10 + a day). But it is also ticking off real users who want to join (2 - 5 a day), as it tells tells them there address is banned.

So this is what I did. I emptied all the files of all email addresses, I put the ones that have came to my site and are spam.

I am using the "Forbid Users from Posting Links or Images if They Have Fewer than 15 Posts".

I use Welcome Headers to warn people that all begining posts are moderated and that you can NOT post "Links" until your an approved member.

I changed the Phrase "error_nourlallowed" to say that "You can't post links untill full member approval", yes, it's a lie, they don't know that.

I changed the "Registered Users" to "New member". I also changed this to a "Moderated group".

I then created another "Registered User" group with full privaledges.

I then made a couple mods to help throughout the day.

If there Spammers, I add them to the spam list, if not, I add them to my registered users list.

Yes, this is a pain to set up, but it's better than losing members.