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mikesz · #14 04-19-2008, 02:41 AM

This mod appears to be incomplete and dependent on data returned from the StopForumSpam site. I would be very nervous to install it in its present condition, maybe ever. I think the premise is okay but the implementation was not thought out as well as it might have been. Its dependency on StopForumSpam is troublesome in that they are but a single incomplete resource for IP addresses of forum spammers. I have been running a pilot spambuster for several months using their IP list for a starter lookup table and they are not as "uptodate" as you would think. I get a huge number of hits from spammers that are not in their list at all. Using only the IP address is also troublesome in that some spammer footprints get through simply because they are "not on the list".

Good idea though...

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