[CAG CheechDogg]

Originally Posted by DAMINK

Lets hope it stays that way mate.
It used to piss me off giving link love to arsewhipes running xrummer.
Sure i tried every method but they still go through. Pretty much right through 4.0 until recently.
Not in great numbers ever but im a low PR site so thats why.
They just annoyed me the buggers lolz. Like most of us i imagine.

I used to get a lot of spam and spam accounts, but that was 2 years ago when I didn't understand how important it is to always stay on top of what is going on in your forums.

I now know how to use .htaccess deny rules to block ranges and individuals who would constantly register on my site.

I think it helps out that I have joomla as my front page and I have 2 plugins that help me monitor who lands on my site's home page on a daily basis.

I also don't go overboard and add too many unnecessary mods and or add ons that might attract spam bots and spammers.

Choose wisely what you install on your forums and site, sometimes you can overdue it and attract more spammers by adding more than you should. I feel that sometimes these spammers and hackers see that you are trying so hard to keep them away that they try even harder just to prove to you that they can.

Originally Posted by MySaltyreef

so after one night the email report sent me 378 mails about blocked registrations, i would have had to have manually deleted these and sifted through from real members and spammers



o pray do share what you do

I just stay on top of my forums on a daily basis my Friend. I don't open the door for spammers and I do not over emphasize being on top of google's rankings.

I target a large genre, video gamers , video game clans and we get pretty decent traffic.

It also helps that my site has members who care about the site and always report suspicious activity.

Like I stated above, knowing how to use .htaccess has really helped me out.