A suggestion to the team from scriptcase.
Please check out this link http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum/vbulletin-4/vbulletin-4-questions-problems-and-troubleshooting/vbulletin-4-quick-tips-and-customizations/367847-how-to-reduce-spam-and-registration-bots?359107-How-to-Reduce-Spam-and-Registration-Bots=
There are many suggestions to reduce the spam in this forum. Specially the spam bots and hired spammers. I suggest to quickly start using those, since the spam on the forum is growing…
Correct, it is noticeable.
I requested something like that a while ago. Currently I’m deleting 1-5 posts a day. I guess that Giu and others are doing similar things.
I’m Exhausted
I will adress it to our Forum management team.
Possible solutions:
http://www.spamtrawler.net/
Advanced registration:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=236117
Or simply only allow registered users (that bought or downloaded a scriptcase version) to register…
Bot lists:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268208
etc… with a little searching and adding you can block most of the spam.
Next to that you can use a double verification: someone makes an account and needs to leave his email. In the email he gets a link that he needs to activate.
Anyway with a little work you can reduce the number of spammer significantly.
Also: http://www.stopforumspam.com/
Of course akismet is a good choice too…
[QUOTE=rr;36712]Possible solutions:
http://www.spamtrawler.net/
Advanced registration:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=236117
Or simply only allow registered users (that bought or downloaded a scriptcase version) to register…
Bot lists:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=268208
etc… with a little searching and adding you can block most of the spam.
Next to that you can use a double verification: someone makes an account and needs to leave his email. In the email he gets a link that he needs to activate.
Anyway with a little work you can reduce the number of spammer significantly.
Also: http://www.stopforumspam.com/
Of course akismet is a good choice too…[/QUOTE]
upgrade vBulletin version can be a possible solution too.