SPAM SOLUTIONS THREAD

soiled spike stilettos · Thu May 22, 2008 1:57 am

i and my husband from Australia love this site, i will be searching for those low life types who send these stupid ridiculous messages that dont even have any direct input to this forum.

this section of the forum is intended for wet and messy shoes, not spam type entries.

this site would'nt be here if it was'nt for all of those great people who created it.

so to those who dont have any thing to say possitive here go else where.

s4e · Post by **s4e** » Thu May 22, 2008 2:02 am

Unfortunately, these spam-entries usually are automatically generated and posted using scripts. So the only way to stop those posts is to implement a "human-check" to the user-registration process so no bot can automatically register and post spam.

dirtydids · Post by **dirtydids** » Fri May 23, 2008 3:33 am

s4e wrote:Unfortunately, these spam-entries usually are automatically generated and posted using scripts. So the only way to stop those posts is to implement a "human-check" to the user-registration process so no bot can automatically register and post spam.

EXACTLY.
I had the same problem on the "Guestbook" entries on messymercedes website,inundated with spam, simple solution which took all of 20 mins to install and i'm no expert on these things,a catchpa programme which asks a simple question to answer,to be sure there are about 5 different questions which rotate at random. Not one piece of spam since.

Its so easy i cannot understand why the webmaster here does not implement the same thing.

Its a shame as this is a good website but if things continue like this it may as well shut down as nobody will bother coming here or post anymore.

dids

Post by **Wetshoe** » Fri May 23, 2008 4:43 pm

what is the name of the script which rotates the 5 questions?

s4e · Post by **s4e** » Sat May 24, 2008 2:09 pm

Here's a page with several captcha scripts to use with phpPB: http://www.matthewleverton.com/howto/ph ... ptcha.html

It might also be a good idea to update the forum system to the newest phpBB version.

I you need help, you can always contact me, I'm happy to help.

Sloppyboots · Post by **Sloppyboots** » Sat May 24, 2008 11:26 pm

also to help with the spam messages, along with captcha for registering i would also apply one to sending messages, you click post, then fill out the captca then it is posted.

Post by **Wetshoe** » Wed May 28, 2008 12:58 am

anyone who knows anything about this, please use this thread to discuss strategies to keep the spammers out. do not post anything non-constructive such as "duh, are the mods sleeping?"

does the newest phpbb have anything in it to stop the spam bots?
if not, it may make things worse, as i have made several mods to this version to keep most spambots out.

seems that adding capta to each post would be a nuisance to everyone but may not stop the spam bots since they can get past it.

s4e · Post by **s4e** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:46 am

The newest phpBB version does have integrated captcha with control over difficulty: http://www.phpbb.com/about/features/

I think using captcha for every post is not necessary as a properly registered user has already been verified. Of course one could register a valid account and then use a bot software to post using that account but I doubt that spammers would bother doing that as it's only worth it if everything is fully automated.

Post by **Wetshoe** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:04 am

i believe that is what the spammers are doing to get in here. take a look at the registration page. i doubt a bot could answer the question i added. would at least need a human to give the bot the answer once.

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