[Sam]

What sort of anti-spam measures have you taken on your forum?

[Fergal]

We use Anti-Spam ACP, that integrates with Stop Forum Spam, here on Forum Coin. We are very happy with it as it works very well for keeping the spammers out.

[Mr.Panos]

We have some anti-spam questions and we have an IP-Find Tool.

[Brad W]

I used 2 anti-spam questions for the first 2 posts it was effective but annoying.

[Nebulous]

I just changed my anti-spam questions, seems to be helping. I think the bots know the answers to the over-used questions out there.

[Fergal]

...I think the bots know the answers to the over-used questions out there.

Unfortunately they do, that's why it can be a good idea to make your questions specific to your forum. Questions that only human visitors to your site would know the answer to, work great.

[MoneyBox]

I typically use a registration question and answer as well as an email confirm. Afterwards I typically do not allow links to be posted until 5 posts.

That method seems to work well enough.

[jacktheking]

Sometime I cant registered on forum that have Stop-Forum-Spam installed and activated. They keep saying that my IP was known as a spammer.

[wasi90lk]

Right now, I am suffering from spammers. I am deleting them manually.

I need to find a solution and do it fast.

[TheRaven]

I currently use a captcha but I think I do want to look into changing that a bit so we don't get spammers. We haven't had any yet, but it's better to be safe than sorry right?

[CyberFreak]

We are now using Sortables CAPTCHA here which is like a glorified Q&A but is a bit harder for bots to get past.

[juststeven]

For MyBB I use 'security questions' and choose easy to answer questions but ask them in a way which a bot couldn't answer easily. I also have a plugin which stops users from signing up too quickly. I am a very very very fast typer and I have auto fill for most fields but even I can not go as fast as a bot so this kind of weeds out any bots that go quickly. If a user does go that fast they can go back and take their time. And finally I use Goodbye Spammer to stop any manual spammers or bots that slip through the net.

[Raees]

I use security questions ,E-Mail Activation,Goodbye Spammer and Hidden Recaptcha in my forums.

[shamzblueworld]

I have Akismet and RegSecure on my forums running on MyBB.

[Rick Ace]

We use Anti-Spam ACP, that integrates with Stop Forum Spam, here on Forum Coin. We are very happy with it as it works very well for keeping the spammers out.

I've used similar plugins for MyBB. But it's not working effectively. This is another reason why I want to try out phpBB one day.

[Bananaman]

We use Anti-Spam ACP, that integrates with Stop Forum Spam, here on Forum Coin. We are very happy with it as it works very well for keeping the spammers out.

Ah thanks I didn't know about Anti-spam ACP, should keep the spambots out.

[Travis_]

Funny i actually had to make a new email for multiple forums because i was blocked by stop forum spam.

[CyberFreak]

If your email address is listed in the database then it might be a rogue submission. I have sent you a PM about it.

[Rick Ace]

Wot is always making false claims about my domains. Honestly, most site reviews on that site are bogus.

[Bananaman]

I simply changed the Q & A capture to
'What is the name of this site" and its kept 100% of spambots out.