[Nickbe]

Why bother really? My set-up has effectively killed all bots.

Random Question
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The random question I have stops every bot out there. Basically what I have done is created 10 images that each consist of six digits like the one below...



The random question is:

View this security picture and enter the FIRST, THIRD and LAST number.

So basically you must click on a link to see the image and enter in the numbers asked for. Each of the 10 images has a different code and each image asks for a different set of numbers i.e. first, second, third, fourth, next to last, last....

If a bot gets through the first line of defence it has a few more hurdles to jump through.
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Useful Mods
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vbstopforumspam - Explained above.

Stop the Registration Bots - Basically bots fill out registration forms in an instant. This mod has a user set time limit (I set it to 15 seconds). If a user fills in the registration form in under 15 seconds it is assumed that its a bot and the registration is no accepted.

Moderate New Registrations Based On IP Geographical Origin - This is a cool mod that basically sends new registrations with IP's from specific countries to the moderation cue. For example most of my spam comes from China, Russia, India and Bagladesh. So if anybody from those 4 countries registers they are put on the moderation cue for a moderator to manually check and activate their account.

VSa - Advanced Permissions Based on Post Count -Say bye to pm and visitor message spam and also standard post spam. Basically I use this mod to set a 10 post limit before a user can

1. Send PM's.
2. Send visitor messages.
3. Post any form of links.

So if a spam bot penetrates the first three barriers they cannot post links or pm/vm spam.
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It sounds like you have your heart set on creating this mod. If you do and post it up I will probably install it. However, with all that's out there already it is not really needed.