prevent spam
Hi,
New elkarte user here ... wondering what y'all do to prevent spam on your forums.
Getting ready to set mine up and would like to nip this in the bud right away
thanks in advance, I look forward to using elkarte
Re: prevent spam
Reply #3 –
This is an idea that I want to try to implement, block registration if not from whitelisted country. If the forum theme is very specific and using local language there is very small possibility that a valid user register from another country.
Re: prevent spam
Reply #4 –
That is also quite effective.
There are server modules (geoip) for Nginx for sure and I believe Apache. Those use max mind geoip files (free) that you must update monthly due to the way IP's move about.
Anyway the module + files will use the IP to id the country of origin, and you can easily only pass certain county codes. I've done this on Nginx and it was quite easy.
Re: prevent spam
Reply #5 –
Will this still work with IPv6?
Re: prevent spam
Reply #6 –
I am using what Spuds suggested on points 1) 3) 4) 5) and I banned the most common domains with disposable emails. There is almost a year since I am not getting a spammer. The badbehavior addon included into elkarte works very well and only this is blocking a lot of spammers. Questions and answers will block the bots that passed through badbehaviour, I suggest you to set questions and ansers regarding your forum niche. You can set more than one, I usually set 5 q/a but only use two randomly.
Also don't let your users registering to your forum without confirming their email address.