[Medtech]

For the last 3 years, I have several vbulletin forums and control a dozen more, the only real effective way i have found to prevent spam is to block registration for all known spammers. Using a database with millions of logged userid, email, and ip addresses of submitted spammers is the easiest way to go. It is also fully automatic. That is the vbstopforumspam mod i linked you to. you may get 1 or 2 spammers a year, just submit their info (so anyone else using this mod will not get them), otherwise, you will not have to deal with them.

There is no other real effective way to deal with them. you can bann emails in admincp, but there are too many to list.

personally i view creating extra usergroups to moderate potential spammers is time consuming and always needing your attention.:erm: