355 Spam posts in one evening (1.Viewing)

Not a single spam registration or spam message got through last night, the new filters are working.

Deleted 33 new spam members overnight but had hundreds of attempts logged.

Forum Spam Clean

All the forums now share a database for spam and they cross check the email/ip etc to a standard database before allowing signup/posts.

All I can say is wow, it caches dozens of sign ups per night and one button to delete.

@amplify that would be a story for your site ForumDiectory.com

MapleDots said:

Forum Spam Clean

All the forums now share a database for spam and they cross check the email/ip etc to a standard database before allowing signup/posts.

All I can say is wow, it caches dozens of sign ups per night and one button to delete.

@amplify that would be a story for your site ForumDiectory.com

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A good article to use for XF management, but it probably would be on an admin forum instead.

I use a combination of StopForumSpam and various other tools to block spammers (countries, ASN, etc., all adding up to a potential "flag" as a spammer). If they get the lowest spam score, they can still make it through, but are added to a user group where they cannot submit content without approval. After they reach 5 posts that have been approved (1 would be enough to catch and ban), they're promoted to a regular registered member. I also monitor user change logs to see if in, say, 30 days, someone adds a link to their profile, which doesn't really matter much, as I turn profiles off for guests (so there can't be profile spam on Google, but users could still see it). If a profile is modified after like X days of inactivity, it's a clear sign it's a bot trying to get that backlink in there or to blend into the community, so it's edited out and they're banned (if it's a spam link).