Tarun Posted January 26, 2007 ID:2071 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Is CAPTCHA usage enabled for the forums?You can enable the CAPTCHA and set it to GD2 or GD1, also requiring the activation email to stop spam.Just offering some help to stop the spam. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin RubbeR DuckY Posted January 26, 2007 Root Admin ID:2077 Share Posted January 26, 2007 I thought CAPTCHA was only for guests. Guests are not allowed to post anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted January 27, 2007 Author ID:2082 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Nope, it's not.Setting this to Advanced (Requires GD library) will help stop the spambots.Enable Captcha?"Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart": forces users to input a random code when registering and changing email address, etc to prevent bot's from spamming the forms.You can actually allow guests to post, simply have this enabled to Advanced:Guest Posting Bot ControlDo you wish to require guests who post (where allowed) to input a code to confirm their post? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin RubbeR DuckY Posted January 27, 2007 Root Admin ID:2083 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Installed. Even though we had e-mail validation already, guess more security can't hurt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted January 31, 2007 Author ID:2147 Share Posted January 31, 2007 It may seem a bit too soon to tell, but I haven't seen any spam recently. Glad the tip helped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisRLG Posted February 2, 2007 ID:2192 Share Posted February 2, 2007 The bots can get around the captcha, to the bot program maker it was just a blip in the coding of thier systems.phpBB3 (now at beta5) has the option to add custom fields - and make them, required with defaults and a choice that is considered a failing in the registration.If IPB have similar do that - it will help - use a question such as - "what it 2 + 2" = give then two answers 2 & 4 - default to 2 and set it to a failing answer.You can set several of those up on phpBB3 - so we are hopeful that phpBB3 will be able to stop bots 'out of the box'.So recap - if you have that option available - use it also. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted February 2, 2007 Author ID:2196 Share Posted February 2, 2007 It helps when they use custom fonts, as IPB does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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