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giorgioarmani · #1 09-30-2009, 01:23 PM

We are getting dozens of spam ads to do with electronics/mobile phone scams everyday!!!

Anybody know of an effective solution?

We have anti spam question.
We have banned IP ranges.

Any suggestions?

James Birkett · #2 09-30-2009, 02:17 PM

Do you have a Captcha?
Moderate the first (5) post(s) of every new member, then promote them to another usergroup if they don't contain spam.

giorgioarmani · #3 09-30-2009, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James Birkett

Do you have a Captcha?
Moderate the first (5) post(s) of every new member, then promote them to another usergroup if they don't contain spam.

Moderating the first 5 posts would be even more work... We get a lot of new members every day. Is there no word block mod?

Lynne · #4 09-30-2009, 03:05 PM

Do a search on these forums for threads with "spam" in the title. There are so many out there with so many mods/options given to get rid of spam.

silurius · #5 09-30-2009, 09:13 PM

Have you analyzed the pattern and discussed it with the web host? They might be able to add a subnet to a blacklist or something.

giorgioarmani · #6 10-01-2009, 10:14 AM

Thanks Lynne, I've searched around but unable to identify which one would suit. My problems is 99% focused on PHONE/ELECTRONIC scammers....

@silirius: Thanks, I've blocked whole subnets via HTACCESS already but still not enough...

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