[EastendersForum]

Hi I had a user register on my forum And it look suspicious so i copied & pasted the email and it came up with this website that lists of spammers that persist in abusing forums and blogs with their scams, ripoffs, exploits and other annoyances. We provide these lists so that you don't have to endure the never ending job of having to moderate, filter and delete their rubbish

I was not sure if I could post the link here so people know of it

[Christy]

Spam on phpBB lately has been getting bad. However, FreeForums.org has been working hard to prevent spam lately so they are a lot better than some other hosts.

[Phil101]

One good way to avoid Spammers is to require administration approval of their Membership. This in itself seems to make a large dent in the problem, and taking some simple steps before approval can eliminate the rest. I always check their IP (certain countries are notorious for spammers),their usernames (often a giveaway), check their E-mail address, and check them with Stop Forum Spam.

This procedure may seen to be a lot of effort, but it is less than having to jail three or four spam posts, handle Member reports, and having the forum community put up with spam posts for any time until a staff member logs in.

[omnikron]

Most of the spammers use email with a .ru or some other contry domain. Spammers have been increasing these past few months so it's always a good idea to check these new registrants out.

[EastendersForum]

Yes thats what I have done now put it that they require administration approval of their Membership no posts where made on that account but just a precaution in case it happens again I've also banned the email address and IP address

[Christy]

That is one of the good ideas that I really like. Also, on phpBB3 you can create a custom profile field to avoid spammers from joining as they are usually unable to comprehend the questions.

[Blubble]

On our forum due to excessive spam we ban all registrations from the following tlds

.pl .cn .ru .kp .kr .ng .su .ua .ug .vn .cz .il

It has made a dramatic difference.

[Samir]

I've only had a handful of spammers sign up, and it's because I ditched captcha for a genre-specific question and answer system. This twarts 99% of spammer signups, while allowing your real userbase to sign up.