[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by Fynnon

i really hate russia for historical reasons but to say that every russian that comes to your site is a spammer that is really hazardous

there are many us spammers, actually usa is the "best" in the world when it comes to spam

anyway a mod for blocking spammers by ip is a very good

10x

i fear that the database from http://www.ipdeny.com/ipblocks could be somehow false - positive in some cases because for one bad user you could block 100 good ones if they use the same ip

No one is saying that every person in any geographical region is a spammer. But the fact remains that a high proportion of spam for many forum owners comes from registrations from China, India, Pakistan, and Russia. That's why add-ons like this one are popular. It doesn't deny the registration; it puts the registration info into the moderation queue for the administrators to inspect and make a later decision.

We are using this on one heavily spammed forum. In viewing the moderation queue, we apply certain other criteria (which I'm not going to list) to make the decision as to whether to delete or validate the registration.