[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by doogie88

It's speed and automation. If they have to wait 15 seconds per account, that's 4 per minute, 240 per hour. That sounds like a lot, but these guys are trying to reach thousands of forums. So it does slow it down a bit. Not enough to stop them though. They can probably just run more instances.

I am still getting spam this morning and have timer set to 18 seconds.

Human spammers are going to pass the time test. This is why you still need other tests.

There's not alot that can be done about humans spamming.

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For those getting spam hammered have you tried blocking known spam user agents?

This Mod by Simon Lloyd is handy for that, can cut spam both automated and human, drastically. Chiefly, put early versions of MSIE into the list... versions 2-6 especially. You'll be surprised how much it helps.

The thread contains lists of blocked user agents myself and others provided.

Yet another arrow in the quiver too...