On my site I tried captcha, image verification, double opt in - the works. Is there a single, tried and tested way of stopping bot spam once and for all?
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On my site I tried captcha, image verification, double opt in - the works. Is there a single, tried and tested way of stopping bot spam once and for all?
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There are new methods such as asking the user a question (i.e. what is 4+5, or what colour is the sky)..
I believe that is the latest method, but really, it's only a matter of time before the spammers get a way round that..
We simply manually allow each user since our forums are for clients only.
I have seen questions like
Chose cars from the pictures (there were 3 pictures with cars). I think that is the best human verification
My advice is not to use standard forum engines. This makes standard spam bots unable to post using url mask. All ways of captchas are not useful if you leave the engine unchanged.
The latest version of verification, selecting some images topics as mentioned can be the final solution to the problems caused by spammers.
Do you think so? How can it be?Quote:
Originally Posted by bermuda
There is a plugin for vBulletin which allows you to put all messages with links in them from users with under X posts (you decide what number is X) for moderation. This way such posts don't appear on the forum, unless you approve them. I really like this plugin and I use it on all my vBulletin forums.
ASP-Hosting that could be a little troublesome depending on what niche the forum is, but would work in general. I find that asking the user a question as mentioned before "What is 1+1" or something similar works the best.
Verify new sign up manually...
Chose 3 pages with humans or stones or.. wold be much more better.Quote:
"What is 1+1" or something similar works the best.
I might try adding a question, like the one you mentioned, to improve the SPAM filtering...Quote:
Originally Posted by EliW
Let's start with the definition of spam, then I think what's more important is the non-qualitty posting, if I were an owner of the forum, I'd be more interested in it.
The math one works best from what our customers have said.
Add a unique question to the sign up, don't allow free email accounts..put some posting requirements before you can post links. Get some more moderators to delete spam.
Few days ago I have seen one web site which ask to chose nature picture first to continue further registration.